Quote Originally Posted by sullen
brits always measured in inches.... and common way of measuring .062" btdc is to notch a dowel long enough to reach the piston crown and then extend out above the valve cover. move the engine to TDC #1. then mark where the dowel is in relation to valve cover vertically(z axis) and move towards the top of the dowel .062", mark there again. find tdc again with the dowel, back up plenty, move toward tdc again to get rid of the valve lash, slowly bump to .062 btdc, set the ignition. boom, its for distributor only. i dont know if you can do this the distributorless ignition.
that is cool. ive never seen that, learned something today.