By Eric Meltzer

Engine timing is the relationship between all the things that allow your engine to run. Valves have to be closed when the piston is up, and at that split-second, the ignition has to set off the fuel-air mixture that was fed to that cylinder and compressed, to explosively force the piston down, turning the crankshaft through the connecting rod, creating power.

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