Continuing ignition timing debate from the 416 thread.

I watched your video again. I can’t hear exactly what you are saying in the video but in the post you describe this as a test for box retard. I don't see how this is measuring box retard as it seems the way you are testing it the box is operating independent of the distributor machine. The timing retard you are seeing is coming from the combination of your distributor and the distributor machine itself. You would need to measure from the secondary side of the coil to include the module or box.


What you don’t see is the test I did of just the distributor. With the distributor locked out it will rpm to 10k and not retard.

Then I wire the ignition system just like it is in the car and test it again and what you see is the amount of retard and the rpm where it occurs.

It’s that simple. Im not sure why this is confusing to you.