Timing Light

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This is the best one I own... love it.. works perfect
with MSD... no reason to spend big bucks on a good
timing light... I had a couple lights that I tried 1
time and gave them away... the Flaming River unit
is the best ... I think I have 8 lights right now
but only use the Flaming River one

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/fla-fr1001/overview/

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I have bought many different brands and models of timing lights over the years, them dang MSD racing boxes eat them up pretty quick Except the newer D.C. battery powered Flaming river units We did burn up one of the early (circa 2002) Flaming River D.C. lights up on a MSD 7AL3 on a blown motor making 17 lbs of boost back in 2003 or so, none since Knock on wood now I have heard both good and bad about the MSD timing lights

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What brand do you guys recommend?

Is Craftsman any good?
Matco?
Mac?
Snap-On?

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I use a cheap Sunpro and compared it to Pettis`s high dollar Snap-on and it was within 1 degree.........

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I have an older craftsman dial back that SEEMs to work with MSD (even when using the dial back feature). I have a regular Actron non dial back that reads exactly the same at idle, revved up, wherever. I've been contemplating buying the MSD light but I'll be pretty mad if I do and it reads the same.

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The first and last timing lights I burnt up on a MSD 7 sereis race boxes where both from Sears and Roebucks, the first one was a life time warrenty Crafstman non dial back light, the next two where a Craftsman dial back, the next two or three where the Penske labeled Craftsman and then I bought a cheap used off brand light. I still have several Craftsman dial back lights that I do not use on the MSD 7 sereis boxes The Flaming River works good

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Plain old chrome Chraftsman that I compared to Mr P's flaming river a few years back at Norwalk and was spot on with his, and works great with my 7al.

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Don't know what the heck your doing to them Cab

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Plain old chrome Chraftsman that I compared to Mr P's flaming river a few years back at Norwalk and was spot on with his, and works great with my 7al.

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Don't know what the heck your doing to them Cab

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Revving them up to check total timing with solid core wires might have been the problems on the early race MSD boxes like the 404 B and C and the first MSD 7 non AL boxes The bulb would get brighter the higher I revved the motors and then go blamb, flash brightly once and then die I have used both of the Craftsman dial back lights I have now on the MSD7C boxes with resitor core spark plug wires several times I don't rev them up to check total timing beyond 4000 RPM now I do use the Flaming River at and above 7000 RPM to check for spark scatter Maybe Sears (or thier vendors)got the problem fixed after having so many failures back in the day

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Plain old chrome Chraftsman that I compared to Mr P's flaming river a few years back at Norwalk and was spot on with his, and works great with my 7al.

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Don't know what the heck your doing to them Cab

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Revving them up to check total timing with solid core wires might have been the problems on the early race MSD boxes like the 404 B and C and the first MSD 7 non AL boxes The bulb would get brighter the higher I revved the motors and then go blamb, flash brightly once and then die I have used both of the Craftsman dial back lights I have now on the MSD7C boxes with resitor core spark plug wires several times I don't rev them up to check total timing beyond 4000 RPM now I do use the Flaming River at and above 7000 RPM to check for spark scatter Maybe Sears (or thier vendors)got the problem fixed after having so many failures back in the day

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