V8 guys...how do you set timing?, Can't see the timing mark... Options

[cobra94563]

Is there a easier way? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[LvSteveH]

I've always had success using mirrors and extremely contorted positions on conversions. I feel better if I know exactly what the timing is set at.

With a water cooled motor timing is not as critical as it is with an air cooled. If you keep advancing until you get detonation (pinging), then back off until it stops, and a little past that just to be safe. NEVER allow it to detonate for any period of time. It's probably the single worst thing that can happen to a motor. You can't really judge it just reving the engine, you need to be under load. The best time to listen for it is going up a hill in too high a gear, with a low rpm (lugging it). Once you hear it, immediately back off and downshift and go adjust a little more and try again.