Fwd: eddy current brake

[tom cloud]

>Hi Tom,
>
>> ???? On a 4-cycle engine, the cam turns 360 deg for two rotations of
>> the crank, and it's the cam timing you're interested in.  So 720 degrees
>> of crank equals 360 degrees of cam -- now you've got me wondering .....
>> when one looks for ignition timing, are you looking at crank or cam???
>
>4 Stroke has cams that make one rev per spark, so timing is from the
>cam, BUT the angle of timing advance that is doccumented is given
>in crank degrees because that is where it was measured in the
>past from the fanbelt pulley.
>
>Cheers     *<<<-|
>-- 
>Kalle Pihlajasaari   kalle at ip.co.za   http://www.ip.co.za/ip

Are the marks on the damper in 'crank' degrees?  I.E. if I put
a compass on the crank and found TDC could I mark it using the
compass?


Tom Cloud <cloud at peaches.ph.utexas.edu>