Bump up engine timing?
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From: montgomery city mo
Re: Bump up engine timing? (ENGINE TROOP)
for me anyway i cant feel from a couple degres to the next its just track g-tech or dyno numbers hard data.by the way just got mine 383 in tinkered with timeing by ear and im glad i didnt run it had 25advance :banghead:
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From: The Top of Utah
Re: Bump up engine timing? (oldace84)
Why?
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speak up guys, can you feel the timing being pulled or do you need to hook into the knock sensor?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Costa Mesa CA
Re: Bump up engine timing? (ir0nmaiden420)
Well....
As it is right now, I can't even run the stock 6 degrees initial without hitting off the knock sensor. I think I'm a bit lean yet and need to bump up my fuel pressure. A lean mixture is more prone to detonation. It only knocks for a moment just before a 5000+ RPM shift. But it still bugs me.
Since the knock sensor works immediately upon hearing knock and since a tiny bit of knock once-in-awhile probably won't hurt a street engine, IMO, I believe the knock sensor is a good safe-guard.
When my engine was stock, I liked 8 degrees.
One more thing. Sometimes the knock is inaudible and only a scanner or ALDL/PC interface with the accompanying software can detect it (I bought mine off EBay). Just because you don't hear a knock doesn't necessarily mean it's not there.
BIG JIM
[Modified by BIG JIM 54, 4:24 PM 4/4/2004]
As it is right now, I can't even run the stock 6 degrees initial without hitting off the knock sensor. I think I'm a bit lean yet and need to bump up my fuel pressure. A lean mixture is more prone to detonation. It only knocks for a moment just before a 5000+ RPM shift. But it still bugs me.
Since the knock sensor works immediately upon hearing knock and since a tiny bit of knock once-in-awhile probably won't hurt a street engine, IMO, I believe the knock sensor is a good safe-guard.
When my engine was stock, I liked 8 degrees.
One more thing. Sometimes the knock is inaudible and only a scanner or ALDL/PC interface with the accompanying software can detect it (I bought mine off EBay). Just because you don't hear a knock doesn't necessarily mean it's not there.
BIG JIM
[Modified by BIG JIM 54, 4:24 PM 4/4/2004]
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From: Chandler AZ
Re: Bump up engine timing? (BIG JIM 54)
One more thing. Sometimes the knock is inaudible and only a scanner or ALDL/PC interface with the accompanying software can detect it (I bought mine off EBay). Just because you don't hear a knock doesn't necessarily mean it's not there.
[Modified by VAHROOM, 7:47 AM 4/5/2004]
