Inliners International Forums General Discussion Electrical In Phase or out Distributor?

The terminals don't have to be exactly spaced in the cap. The timing accuracy is established by the magnet/reluctor or cam/points, not the cap/rotor. There only has to be enough overlap (time wise) between the rotor tip and the cap post so that the gap between them is small. Think about how much the rotor is shifted in time due to timing adance.