Which came first, the chicken or the egg? It's an ageless debate, lacking a definitive answer, yet both sides are strongly supported with opposing theoretical views. Many agree that its automotive ...

In a perfect world there would be no need for ignition advance curves. As soon as the piston in your vintage Vette reached top dead center and the engine built maximum compression, you'd be able to ...

Your Mustang's distributor performs one heck of a job. It has to deliver a timed spark to each spark plug at precisely the right moment in sync with piston travel and crankshaft, camshaft, and valve ...

Both initial ignition timing and total ignition timing (advance) are usually expressed in crankshaft degrees as read at the harmonic balancer. These values define where the spark plug fires in terms ...