Digital or Dial Back Timing Light

[Dennis C.]

Re: Digital or Dial Back Timing Light

Stu,

You can also check out this "dial" type timing light from Sears for $69.99.

http://www.sears.com/craftsman-advan...p-00914065000P

Dennis

[Douglas L.]

Re: Digital or Dial Back Timing Light

I've had a few of the dial type ones over the years but a few years back bought a digital one and will never go back for one reason...the built in tach. Comes in real handy when playing with advance springs/weights. You can rev the engine until it stops advancing and with a touch of a button know exactly at what rpm the advance is "all in" at.

[Tracy C.]

Re: Digital or Dial Back Timing Light

I did my first go around without a dial back because I didn't have one and had to check it. I have the tape on the balancer for valve setting, as mentioned before, so just used what I had.

Frank, I'm closing on 76 now and am already getting flack from the family about driving my Vette, or for even working on it in the 90 plus heat. I look at that $100 as a couple good meals at Macs, Ha! If I buy one, I will probably only use it once to do A final dial in on my rebuilt distributor, and then it will take it's place in my tool box for my son to use again some day.

Stu Fox

Stu,

Most of the Auto Zones and OReilly's round here have loaner tools if you buys the parts to fix your car at their store. They ask for a deposit equal to the purchase price, but you get it back when the tool is returned.

tc

[Frank D.]

Re: Digital or Dial Back Timing Light

I see in the latest Hot Rod magazine a small article about offset grinding of crankshafts. They exposed my little B/S cheater trick from 1961, only I only had mine ground to provide a .030" stroke increase. My 57 post Bel Air ran low 13's with street tires all day long, which was good back then. Probably something to laugh at nowadays.

Stu Fox

Let's not kid ourselves; our 'hot' cars have cooled off a lot in 50 years. That kid in the ricer with the fart pipe and park bench rear spoiler, wearing his ball cap backwards with those Nancy-boy white sunglasses can suck out our windshields in an even-up sprint. Probably never even got his hands dirty on the car....

Just the way it is now...