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Appreciation post: my grandpa's 1962 timing light finally died, and now I'm stuck debating old school vs new tech
So last Saturday I was in my garage in Fort Worth trying to set the timing on my '68 Chevelle, and my grandpa's old Sun timing light (the kind with the heavy metal body and a real glass lens) just gave up on me. It worked fine two days before, then nothing. I've had that thing for 22 years, handed down after he passed. Now I'm looking at two paths: drop $40 on a basic replacement or spend $150 on one of those digital timing lights with a dial-back feature and tach. Half the guys in my club say the digital ones are cheating and you never learn to read a mark, the other half say they're faster and more accurate for curve tuning. I get both sides. Last time I borrowed a buddy's digital light, I set my total timing in five minutes, but I couldn't tell you if I was on the right mark without staring at the screen. So what's the move here? Do I stay old school to honor the way I learned, or join the 21st century and actually get my car running right?
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felixhenderson1d ago
My dad's 1970 Sun light died too, I just bought the $40 one.
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