Originally Posted by
77chickenhawk
The 44, 43° timing I mention is in the DLE 55 manual. Everybody that says 30, 32° is wrong. Two-stroke timing is different than four stroke timing. Four stroke timing you are dealing with 360° of rotation. Two-stroke you are dealing with 180° timing. When you're turning the crank the direction it runs, with the ignition on turn the crank until the sensor activates the spark plug. If it's at 50° turn it back to no more than 45 degrees. Setting it at 32°, it will run and it might even run decent but you will be lacking in power and it will run hotter if the timing is not correct. It's not rocket science just set it at 43 to 44°
Now that I have mine set correctly, I can choke at three flips of the prop and it will burp. Undo the choke, three flips by hand and it starts every time. No electric starter needed just three fingers
OK, I can't hold out any longer. Telling people that 44 degrees of timing is correct is just dead wrong! I reference people who manufacture and market ignitions as a correct source. How about Bill Cunningham that was the original owner of CH? How about Adrian, the current owner of CH? How about Milton at RC Extreme Power? Then there is Ralph at RC Ignitions and dozens of other sources. All these sources and many, many more recommend the same standard 28 to 30 degrees of static timing with our relatively standard ignitions in use today.
If a user is measuring 44 degrees and the engine is running correctly, the method of measurement is not the standard the above sources recommend. If turned backwards to normal rotation when timing is correct and timing numbers are taken, you usually come up with about 44 degrees which many people mistakenly think is 44 degrees of timing when it is actually closer to the accepted 28 to 30. If actually timed at 44 degrees, the engine would be wanting to kick back severely when starting and would probably run quite rough at high speeds.