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Interesting product and idea. Here is the video and link

there is no adjustment on the timing other than the trigger gap. The mag can only be clocked one way, evidently. I clocked it so it appeared as this pic on Ron Wood's site. It now fires up and runs, although it has a significant "cough" every now and then that will kill the engine. Not really sure what's up with that yet. I am just glad it will start and rev.

Since it works as a magneto, I would say after. Ignition systems usually fire a few degrees before TDC to give maximum power. The higher the rpm, the earlier the spark . . Low rpm motors sometimes use a retarded spark for bottom end power . The magnet of the trigger pad should pass the pickup before the piston reaches TDC to produce the advanced spark. The manual should specify the timing , and I would suspect there should be a timing mark on the gears.

OK... That is not good .. Check to see if possibly the key on the rotor has sheared and allowed it to turn on the crankshaft. That would explain why the magnet is nowhere near the trigger coil at TDC compression. "Dumping the clutch" several times could have caused the motor to abruptly drop in RPM putting a lot of inertial torque on the rotor subsequently shearing the key ..