Checking timing... with cops?

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

10-22-2009, 11:30 PM

pdexta

Elite Member

Thread Starter

iTrader: (17)

Join Date: Aug 2007

Location: Knoxville, TN

Posts: 2,949

Total Cats: 182

Checking timing... with cops?

I got my car put back together today, cranked it up, pulled out the timing light, then... realized I don't have any spark plug wires. How are you supposed to set the base timing without spark plug wires? Anybody run into this before?

10-23-2009, 12:12 AM

Jeff_Ciesielski

Elite Member

iTrader: (10)

Join Date: Oct 2008

Location: Rhode Island

Posts: 1,770

Total Cats: 31

I don't have cops, but why not just pull one of the coils out, and run a plug wire between the coil and plug?

10-23-2009, 12:15 AM

hustler

Tour de Franzia

iTrader: (6)

Join Date: Jun 2006

Location: Republic of Dallas

Posts: 29,085

Total Cats: 375

I've heard that you can just put the pick-up over the wire bundle and it will be "close enough."

10-23-2009, 12:20 AM

neogenesis2004

Elite Member

iTrader: (12)

Join Date: Aug 2006

Posts: 4,413

Total Cats: 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by hustler

I've heard that you can just put the pick-up over the wire bundle and it will be "close enough."

Correcto, the light will still pick up the pulse from the trigger wire.

10-23-2009, 12:26 AM

boileralum

Senior Member

iTrader: (8)

Join Date: Mar 2006

Location: Indianapolis, IN

Posts: 1,105

Total Cats: 229

x3- that is how you do it on the 90-96 300zx, which has stock COP ignition. Obviously you want to just put it around the harness going to #1.

10-23-2009, 12:34 AM

magnamx-5

iTrader: (7)

Join Date: Jul 2006

Location: nowhere

Posts: 8,255

Total Cats: 4

Realy hmm i was wondering about this myself. Does it matter if you have a bad *** timming light with a super inductive pickup or will most cheapo's work just fine.