Ignition timing Ignition timing In a spark ignition internal combustion engine, Ignition timing refers to the timing, relative to the current piston position and crankshaft angle, of the release of a spark in the combustion chamber near the end of the compression stroke. The need for advancing (or retarding) the timing of the spark is because fuel does not completely burn the instant the spark fires, the combustion gases take a period of time to expand and the angular or rotational speed of the engine can lengthen or shorten the time frame in which the burning and expansion should occur. In a
Ignition (Remix) The sketch comedy show "Chappelle's Show" had a 2003 skit parodying the R. Kelly sex tape, which consisted of music videos for the fictional songs "Piss On You" and "Piss On You (Remix)". "Piss On You" parodied the 2001 R. Kelly song "Feelin' on Yo Booty", while "Piss On You (Remix)" parodied "Ignition (Remix)". "Don't Matter", by Akon on his 2006 album "Konvicted", borrows the melody of "Ignition (Remix)" in its verse. A portion of "Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies", a 2003 compilation of home movies which Jackson recorded throughout his life and narrated, showed him dancing to "Ignition (Remix)"