# Timing help!

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/timing-help/124776>\
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [May 25, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/timing-help/124776 "2009-05-25T18:08:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/timing-help/124776/10 "2009-05-25T20:37:06Z")

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> [@WTB: Original Nintendo](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-original-nintendo/21955/24):
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> Im still confused. What if I moved my distributor back another notch. and tried to start. Would I be putting my Pistons and valves in danger? Or anything else?

Moving the distributor only affects the time in which the spark plug fires. It doesn’t affect whether or not your piston comes up to TDC with the valves completely open. That would be the task of your timing chain being offset on the sprocket.

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