timing

[SCHWARTZ]

does anyone know where the missing teeth(in degrees) are when engine the engine is at tdc?

[SCHWARTZ]

the map I have has the trigger angle set at 60 degrees is this right for the b18ft?

[TNT ANDY]

I'm just about to pop into the garage - I'll have a look, but I suspect it is 90 degree's BTDC.

[SCHWARTZ]

cheers matey that would be ace

[Tutuur]

Check it with a timing light mate! Especially since you have the ford vr sensor so the bracket is probably custom...

[SCHWARTZ]

I have a timing light and it runs fine at 55-60 deg. I thought I needed to know the trigger angle before I used the timing light. Or can I just run the engine and set it when its at 10deg?

[TNT ANDY]

You have 1 missing tooth 90 deg btdc and one missing 95 deg atdc. The timing mark is 40 deg atdc.

This is on a C1J

Just seen this is in the B18 category - Sorry

[Tutuur]

Set a fixed timing of 10degrees, then set the timing light to be 10 degrees and check if the mark aligns.

Although, again, everything you ask can be read in the manuals.
Save yourself the hassle of asking everything and spend a night reading it.

[Logg]

What I did with the Adaptronic hopefully your Megasquirt has simmer options. I lock the timing at 10 degrees on the ecu then adjusted the trigger angle on the ecu until the timing light was showing 10 degrees on the flywheel.

I found it was handy to find the timing mark on the flywheel first and putting some tipex on it helps it show up on the light.

[SCHWARTZ]

What I did with the Adaptronic hopefully your Megasquirt has simmer options. I lock the timing at 10 degrees on the ecu then adjusted the trigger angle on the ecu until the timing light was showing 10 degrees on the flywheel.

I found it was handy to find the timing mark on the flywheel first and putting some tipex on it helps it show up on the light.

Yeah you can set the megasquirt to run a fixed 10deg and adj the triggerangle until it matches. Looks like il be doing that then.

[SCHWARTZ]

Set a fixed timing of 10degrees, then set the timing light to be 10 degrees and check if the mark aligns.

Although, again, everything you ask can be read in the manuals.
Save yourself the hassle of asking everything and spend a night reading it.

It's the manual that's confused me it asks you to work out the trigger angle then enter it and run at a fixed 10deg then adj trigger angle til it matches. Why do you need to work it out and enter it if you're going to change it anyway didn't see why you couldn't enter anything that will make it run then go from there.

[SCHWARTZ]

You have 1 missing tooth 90 deg btdc and one missing 95 deg atdc. The timing mark is 40 deg atdc.

This is on a C1J

Just seen this is in the B18 category - Sorry

Cheers for that tho. But yeah b18ft

[Tutuur]

Something called common sence. If you don't have any idea what it is just trying doesn't work.

And what if it doesn't start at all? You'd want to know it's not the timing...