Riddle me this, Batman!

That's really interesting. Is the retard just built into the functionality of the ignition module or is it some kind of lag?

Would this also be the same with an hei?


It’s the nature of the electronics. It’s called slew rate.

An HEI will also retard. Anything that has electronics will have a slew rate.

Even your timing light has a slew rate. And they don’t all read the same. That’s why when doing a tune up I have the owner use their own timing light. That way if there is discrepancies between what the timing lights read they are already have the light they will be using.