Timing accuracy??? (1 Viewer)

[flintknapper]

A few weeks ago.. I advanced my timing from the factory setting (3 deg. BTDC) to 8.

This week Mrs. Flintknapper (who hears better than I do), said she thought she could detect some light "pinging"... (I had cautioned her to listen for it).

I backed off the timing to 4 deg. and let it go at that.

This afternoon, being curious...I put my scanner on the Cruiser to look for any "knock" codes. None were found, all was good....BUT I noticed the timing readout (according to my scanner) (AutoXray 5000) said 8.5 while the timing marks say 4.

Its not a big deal, because basically the numbers mean nothing. If you're not getting any "ping" and you're satisfied with the performance (no matter the amount of advance) then thats all that matters.

Assuming the scanner was correct, is it possible some of us are running our Cruisers much more advanced than what might be indicated by the marks?

Anyone else compared what their scanner said to what the marks reference?

 

[cruiserdan]

Did you short the data-link before you made the adjustment?

 

[LandCruiserPhil]

A few weeks ago.. I advanced my timing from the factory setting (3 deg. BTDC) to 8.

This week Mrs. Flintknapper (who hears better than I do), said she thought she could detect some light "pinging"... (I had cautioned her to listen for it).

I backed off the timing to 4 deg. and let it go at that.

This afternoon, being curious...I put my scanner on the Cruiser to look for any "knock" codes. None were found, all was good....BUT I noticed the timing readout (according to my scanner) (AutoXray 5000) said 8.5 while the timing marks say 4.

Its not a big deal, because basically the numbers mean nothing. If you're not getting any "ping" and you're satisfied with the performance (no matter the amount of advance) then thats all that matters.

Assuming the scanner was correct, is it possible some of us are running our Cruisers much more advanced than what might be indicated by the marks?

Anyone else compared what their scanner said to what the marks reference?

Does your scanner have the ability to short out the ADL when reading your timing?

 

[flintknapper]

Did you short the data-link before you made the adjustment?

You betcha.

 

[flintknapper]

Does your scanner have the ability to short out the ADL when reading your timing?

Indeed it does.

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