David,
I am a fan of Vizard, but don't find his chapter on ignition timing
terribly helpful.
He goes into great detail on what goes wrong if your timing is too
advanced (holed or melted piston tops) but dosn't go much into things
like the shape of the advance curve or how to set maximum advance, how
much and for what revs.
My strobe doesn't have an advance feature, it just flashes at the
moment of spark to No 1, so it is fine for setting near-static
(1000rpm) but I am going to have to mark up some extra crankshaft
pully timing marks for higher revs.
I am looking for advice over what max advance might be suitable for my
current engine set up. Standard timing just dosn't seem right to me.
"Just have someone else do it" - no one round here that I know of, and
anyway that would require a major and traumatic shift of psychology on
my part as my cars never go anywhere near garages for anything at all
other than the annual MOT test.
Guy
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