Timing Light
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 Xenon Automotive Timing Light Cars Trucks Tune Up Tools  US $16.99
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 Automotive Timing Light for car truck tune up XENON US $15.98
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 Foremost Timing Light US $5.00
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 Sears Penske Timing Light model 2442115 US $19.99
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 Actron Advanced Timing Lights Select Model US $126.99
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 MAC TL87 TIMING LIGHT US $40.00
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 Actron CP7527 Timing Light US $6.00
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Equus 5568 Pro-Timing Light with Tool Case List Price: $192.56 Sale Price: $90.00  |
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This timing light includes a full range of options designed to meet the demands of DIYers with many of the features that professional installers demand. This pro timing light with tool case works on adjustable and non-adjustable timing systems... |
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Equus 3551 Xenon Inductive Timing Light List Price: $52.81 Sale Price: $29.75 |
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This timing light includes a full range of options designed to meet the demands of DIYers with many of the features that professional installers demand. An inductive timing light works with most ignition systems such as distributorless ignition, conventional, electronic, and computer controlled systems in both domestic and import vehicles... |
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Equus 3568 Innova Digital Timing Light With Inductive Pick-Up List Price: $132.04 Sale Price: $67.99 |
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This timing light includes a full range of options designed to meet the demands of DIYers with many of the features that professional installers demand. This digital timing light is for most 12-volt gasoline engines and works on conventional, electronic, and computer controlled ignition systems... |
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Actron CP7529 Digital Timing Light List Price: $145.99 Sale Price: $73.64 |
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This timing light is a strobe light used for checking ignition timing and fires whenever the spark plug does to maximize engine efficiency. Some older timing lights require the removal of the spark plug boot in order to attach a direct pickup between the wire's terminal and the center conductor of the spark plug... |
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Tooluxe Xenon Automotive Timing Light List Price: $49.99 Sale Price: $12.99 |
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A high quality Tooluxe brand Xenon timing light. This item features with a bright xenon bulb, makes timing marks easy to see. Accurate at all speeds. Clamp-on inductive pick-up, trigger activated. Dependable solid-state circuitry... |
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Actron CP7527 Inductive Timing Light List Price: $58.99 Sale Price: $34.14 |
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This timing light is a strobe light used for checking ignition timing and fires whenever the spark plug does to maximize engine efficiency. Some older timing lights may require the removal of the spark plug boot in order to attach a direct pickup between the wire's terminal and the center conductor of the spark plug... |
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Equus 3555 Advance Timing Light List Price: $89.29 Sale Price: $49.95 |
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This timing light includes a full range of options designed to meet the demands of DIYers with many of the features that professional installers demand. It also provides the additional ability to check the operation of your vehicle's mechanical or vacuum advance timing controls which ensure that ignition occurs at the proper time... |
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ESI 130 Self - Powered Timing Light List Price: $114.00 Sale Price: $76.99 |
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The original battery powered timing light, built with quality to last. There’s no need to connect to a 12 volt battery for power. Unit is powered by two "D" cell flashlight batteries. Great tool for marine, snowmobile, industrial, racing engines and other small engine timing. |
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Actron CP7528 Advance Timing Light List Price: $102.99 Sale Price: $49.99 |
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This timing light is a strobe light used for checking ignition timing and fires whenever the spark plug does to maximize engine efficiency. Some older timing lights require the removal of the spark plug boot in order to attach a direct pickup between the wire's terminal and the center conductor of the spark plug... |
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ESI 125 Digital Tach Advance Timing Light List Price: $96.50 Sale Price: $67.71 |
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Professional timing light with high visibility LED display. Measures ignition spark advance from 0 -90 degrees. |
Do so-called "Hypermileage" drivers mess up traffic flow and light timing?
I think it's great if you want to get better mileage out of your vehicle but there is a group playing a game with it called "Hypermileage". By taking off very slowly, driving 5-10 mph below speed limits, leaving long distances between other drivers, shutting off their engines past the 10 second idle point (on ABC News story) and making very slow stops these game players are wreaking havoc with the manual timing of lights and traffic flow/turn sensors that time lights.
Well actually it may help - provided the "hypermiler" is aware and knows the routes. For example in our downtown the lights are all timed to about 15mph, though the official speed limit is 25mph.
So if you just sorta creep along - you never have to stop at all! I do this a lot and it's fun to cruise by the "jackrabbit" start-stop guy who's just convinced he's "working it" and getting ahead... and then completely dumbfounded when I go rolling past him perfectly timed with the light!
What I despise - taking the Zen approach to driving - is when I'm rolling up on a red light and the guy behind me is so freaked he has to race around me and slam his breaks to stop... then the light turns green... and there I am...
Some people can't seem to drive ahead and realize that they're not really going to get anywhere... even on the freeway some drivers seem oblivious to the fact that the car in front of them is going slow because there are 8MILLION OTHER CARS in front of them.
Go figure.
Now all that said - it does depend what type of road your on-- a single lane with someone going 5-10 under? Dang - that's like being stuck behind a motor home! No that's not cool.
As for the manual timers on lights - I thought they were becoming more rare? All of ours are either timed or pedestrian/cyclist triggered. The left turn lights are sensored though. Yeah slow stops could have an impact there.
There shouldn't be anything wrong with shutting off the engine if they can anticipate the green... no worse than trying to put a manual transmission in gear.
Totally... do this in the fast food drive up line!!! But watch out for people that can't stand to have more than half a car length between you and the car in front of you! Some people are just jerks.
Hey and dig this - if everyone - and I mean everyone - obeyed the basic rules of the freeway including courtesy like following distance, speed, merging, etc... they are designed such that we'd NEVER have a traffic jam.
It's rude behavior, following too close (causing harder stops) and constant lane changing that actually create the worst jams!
