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| Author: | poeee [ Wed May 06, 2015 1:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Recommendations for timing light |
In the market for a new timing light. The 'Trisco' timing lights seem to pop up everywhere. Has anyone had any experience with them? |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Wed May 06, 2015 1:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for timing light |
Make sure it has a `dialback advance' function. I've got an Innova 3568. Had no problems in 5 years. http://www.summitracing.com/int/parts/i ... /overview/ Convertible Mini (Tony) sells dialback lights too. |
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| Author: | poeee [ Wed May 06, 2015 1:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for timing light |
What does the dial back advance do? |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Wed May 06, 2015 1:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for timing light |
Allows you to only need a TDC mark, no advance marks required. Read the link I provided. It uses magic to move the flash electronically to what you have set, so you only need the one mark. |
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| Author: | poeee [ Wed May 06, 2015 1:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for timing light |
So you dial in the desired degree of advance and adjust dizzy until it flashes on the TDC mark? |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Wed May 06, 2015 1:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for timing light |
Yes that's it. Too easy. You can use it with it's inbuilt tacho to create an advance map of what advance you have. |
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| Author: | poeee [ Wed May 06, 2015 1:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for timing light |
ebay? |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Wed May 06, 2015 2:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for timing light |
Yeah just check that part number on ebay, watch the postage too- some are dearer than others. |
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| Author: | Hanra [ Wed May 06, 2015 3:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for timing light |
Sounds pretty cool. So you can do total advance no worries etc? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TIMING-LIGHT ... 3f4c2878e6 |
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| Author: | poeee [ Wed May 06, 2015 3:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for timing light |
That's the one I found, too, Hanra. I was expecting to pay $50+ for a rubbish one, so that's pretty good. |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Wed May 06, 2015 8:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for timing light |
Hanra wrote: Sounds pretty cool. So you can do total advance no worries etc? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TIMING-LIGHT ... 3f4c2878e6 Yes. You could pay mega$ for a Snap-On, but for our use I find this one works well. I mapped the curve of my PulsarMini dizzy, then punched those numbers into the Black Box I'm running now instead. |
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| Author: | Mick [ Wed May 06, 2015 9:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for timing light |
Damn you all! You put the link right there and I had to go and press it. This happened last week with the switch extensions, and the week before when someone else put a 3D printer link in front of me....anyway, time to put my crappy one to bed, this one is so flash its got an LCD screen! Just for conversation, I locked my dizzy, set the timing to zero and was setting the Accuspark Blackbox to set advances and checking the calibration at 0, 5 and 10 , then 20 and 30 degrees, all nice and spot on. Its nice not to worry about the validity of 20, 30 and 40 year old springs, bushes and pins hoping they all collude together enough to be accurate. Electronics and MOSFETS are a wonderful thing. |
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| Author: | ba_dm_tsh [ Wed May 06, 2015 9:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for timing light |
What else can we get Mick to buy??? |
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| Author: | Mick [ Wed May 06, 2015 10:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for timing light |
ba_dm_tsh wrote: What else can we get Mick to buy??? Stop it! |
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| Author: | poeee [ Thu May 07, 2015 9:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Recommendations for timing light |
I must look at these black boxes. |
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