MSD opti LT1 Timing check
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Car: 1987 firebird
Engine: 1995 lt1 383
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MSD opti LT1 Timing check
I have reciently installed a MSD optispark on my 383 LT1 and want to double check my timing at the balancer since the MSD unit can be adjusted +/-7 degrees. Since I have a keyed ATI balancer with timing marks on it, when I installed my MSD opti I fabricated uo a timing pointer using a piston stop. Now when I check the timing at the crank I read about 27 degrees, about the same timing reading I see on the scanner.
Do I want to make the two timing readings match eachother? Or do I want to set the balancer timing to as close to zero as possable with the MSD opti? Is not the scanner reading ignition timing and I get cam timing on the balancer? I am thinking way to far into this and making my self confussed and need a second oppinion.
I just want to verify that the MSD unit is properly adjusted.
Do I want to make the two timing readings match eachother? Or do I want to set the balancer timing to as close to zero as possable with the MSD opti? Is not the scanner reading ignition timing and I get cam timing on the balancer? I am thinking way to far into this and making my self confussed and need a second oppinion.
I just want to verify that the MSD unit is properly adjusted.
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Car: '83 Z28, '07 Charger SRT8
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Re: MSD opti LT1 Timing check
You might have better luck getting a solid answer over at www.camaroz28.com as they have a MASSIVE 4thgen group over there, very knowledgeable. I'm interested to know as well, just purely out of curiousity though, as I have a '97 Z28.
Good luck!
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