Of course the firing event happens in the same place as far as the reluctor and pickup are concerned. The rotor will be ahead of where it was with no advance. It does not have to be spot on under the terminal to have the transfer of the spark.

The entire idea of even worrying about rotor phase is if you get a bad tolerance stack, it can be too far off where it needs to be in order for the spark to jump to the correct terminal. This becomes more crucial as the size of the cap increases. The referenced article goes into this. It is mind boggling we are page after page into this simple topic, with reference material no less, and i see people still talking about "magic" being involved. Starting to think this is an early April fools joke.

Before posting again to the contrary, go back and read that section i posted. As many times as it takes people. As many times as it takes.