Timing: Initial vs total advance? Was: Can anyone help with my stalling problem?

From: Jon Steiger (stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu)
Date: Mon Jun 14 1999 - 17:55:22 EDT


>
>> > Could be that thingy in the distributor... Hall effect sensor I
>think...
>> >
>> Thats the pickup assy. The beginning of your secondary ignition system.
>> Boog
>Here is some interesting info for those who wonder about the pickup
>thingy.....it's a camshaft sensor which works
>in sync with the crankshaft sensor. I tried back in 95 to adjust my timing
>and noticed a difference. Then the list was firing timing questions back an
>forth. But anyway, for what it's worth, here is my findings....MOPAR, JET,
>leach and everyone else have been unsucessful in advancing the timing of the
>Magnum. They can retard and change total advance but initial, no. The
[...]

  Ok, I'll ask. :-) What's the difference between initial and total
advance?

                                              -Jon-

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