How to static time electric igition?
 

How do you static time the electric ignition of a 74 plymouth roadrunner 6.6? Any help would be great i cant find this info at all. Thanks

Any help would be great I'm dead in the water until I get it running again

Yeah the problem with that is it tells me how to do it with the old points ignition, i need to know where to hook up my test light with the electric ignition? Thanks for spending the time to help

google "static timing an engine" and pick the one you want.

I have did that search that many times but only to find out where to atach the test light with points and more modern ignitions. Does anyone have any idea of where to atach the test light with the electric ignition used on the 74 plymouth roadrunner with the 400?

leave the end of the coil wire near where you can watch it spark to ground. when it sparks, you're at tdc.

I could be wrong but i thought i read that, that wont work with the electric ignition only points?

Ok, correct me if I'm just a shadetree idiot. But I never cared about static timing a motor with a test light. Once you insure that you are at TDC #1, I just rotate the dizzy till it aligns with the #1 terminal. Any car will start at 0 deg, but you can also advance it about 1/8 of an inch. After that then just dynamic time it with a light. This is my experience, feel free to correct me, but this always worked for me.

it might have been about 25 years ago but i'm pretty sure it will work. it's easy to try.

hey scott, most of the time i do what you do. when i do a static timing after major work and i have a crowd watching, i like to watch the jaws drop and the big grins when it starts after 2 seconds of cranking. :cool:

Yes, the successes rule, and I still have the failures.:( Had quite the crowd years back for the break-in of the totally built 350 in my Z-28, turn the key... nothing. Spent nearly 2 hours troubleshooting. Finally remembered I had to push in the clutch to start it!:D

i like mistakes that don't require buying more parts!

I have tried to get to TDC like that more times than i can remember, but i dont have a degree scale(looks like it was once their but not any more) on my engine so i dont know if im really at TDC, I just stick a brazzing rod in the #1 cylander till i get a ruff idea of where TDC is, while taking off the valve cover to see if the valves are both closed