methode to set timing

[tint_rookie]

wish i found this before i replaced my timing light this weekend....damn fan blades.

has anyone else found this methode to work. seems pretty cut and dry. almost too easy.

"Your buddy borrowed your timing light and never returned it? Here's a trick I learned from my brother. The timing can be set to surprising accuracy with a vacuum gauge. Hook the gauge to manifold vacuum and run the engine at curb idle. Rotate the distributor clockwise to retard the timing. Now slowly rotate it counter-clockwise to the point where you just reach the maximum vacuum reading. Back off (clockwise) until the vacuum drops by 1". Lock the distributor down. Timing can be set to within 1° using this method"

(found doing research work for nutter bypass)

 

[slo-wrench44]

ya know i found it when i was doing the same research . yeah it does work. just gotta pay attention to youe vac. gauge. i only did it because i wanted to knoe how well it worked. i checked it after i was done with a timeing light and was almost dead on.