Miata Mailing List: February 1999, Message #1668

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Oh yeah - almost forgot.  I DID SWITCH TO PREMIUM
BEFORE
TIMMING!   I didn't want to play ping-pong....

Steve K Whited wrote:

> Mark,
>
> I've successfully advanced my timming without any
> real problems.
> I printed out ALL of the "how to's" from the
> miata.net and any
> links to other pages and then basically follwed
> the steps.  I did
> end up using the "yellow" mark as diagramed in
> Harry's page.
>  http://www.mcs.com/~hal109/garage/timing.html
> The colors in the picture are BETTER then what was
> on my
> car!  I had to get a flash light out and shine it
> down in there
> just to make sure I wasn't going snow blind from
> the red paint ;-)
>
> Someone on the list once had absoultey nothing
> better to do and
> hooked up some fancy oscilloscope to his car.
> According to
> his findings there is some sort of dual firing
> (pulse?) scheme on our
> ignitions.  Is it possible your having problems
> with the kind of
> timing light your using?
>
> --
> Steve Whited and the MazIta Fireball
> 96' Red LP
> "There's another direction besides sideways?!?"
> (Not currently subcribed)



--
Steve Whited and the MazIta Fireball
96' Red LP
"There's another direction besides sideways?!?"