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Nolowrider · 03-21-2006, 01:00 PM

This how I do it- Put both gears on (crank and cam) aligned the dots/marks (cam at 6 o'clock and the crank at 12). Install the chain and then rotate the entire assy 360* (both dots now at 12 o'clock)then drop the dizzy in with the rotor button pointed at the #1 lug on the dizzy. If you don't rotate the engine 360* and you drop the dizzy in, it will be firing on the exhaust stroke not the intake stroke. If you don't rotate it 360*, then drop the dizzy in pointing to the #6 lug rather than #1 and it has the same effect. Just remember that you are timed on the #6 and not the #1.

03-21-2006, 01:00 PM	#3
Nolowrider Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Orleans Posts: 1,365	Re: Confused cam timing / ignition timing? This how I do it- Put both gears on (crank and cam) aligned the dots/marks (cam at 6 o'clock and the crank at 12). Install the chain and then rotate the entire assy 360* (both dots now at 12 o'clock)then drop the dizzy in with the rotor button pointed at the #1 lug on the dizzy. If you don't rotate the engine 360* and you drop the dizzy in, it will be firing on the exhaust stroke not the intake stroke. If you don't rotate it 360*, then drop the dizzy in pointing to the #6 lug rather than #1 and it has the same effect. Just remember that you are timed on the #6 and not the #1.