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03-19-2003, 09:03 PM | #1 |
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Quickie Timing Question
I'm running 13 degrees of timing right now, but I want to run more. I've been giving her nothing but 93 octane for the past month or two now, and plan to keep it that way. How much timing can I run without pinging on 93 octane? I know I can listen for pings at idle and back it off, but I'm afraid it'll ping farther up the rpms and with that exhaust as loud as it is, I highly doubt it'd be able to hear it. I'm thinking 15...
Anyone? Thanks.
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03-19-2003, 10:36 PM | #2 |
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First of all you will not see a dramatic diff of power to go to 15deg. If you increase the timming a point at a time, go drive the car, get at 3000 in 5th and mash it, this is where you will here the valves the best. Watch the heat also.
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03-19-2003, 11:00 PM | #3 |
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I'm an automatic.....but I can get to 3000 in 4th on the highway..it's somewhere in the 90-ish mph department I estimate. Not sure with the 4.10's, but I know ~5000 rpms in 3rd is 90-95 mph.
What I'm looking for is giddyup.. The throttle response seems to be sluggish lately, and I was hoping an extra few degrees will help buffer it until I figure out what's going on. Car seems unwilling to go for a second when I slam the pedal..like nothing happens....kickdown seems a tad sluggish too, even though it's more sensitive than normal because of upped tranny pressure. My plugwires could stand to be replaced, and I havent checked my coil spark but I'm sure it's not pure white like it should be. Getting a new coil when I get my MSD 6AL box and harness, along with 8.5 Superconductor wires. Gonna do my whole ignition system as MSD. Already got the cap and rotor (Big freakin deal, I know)
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'91 Mustang GT 5.0 AOD Daily Driver Current stats: NEW 302 short block, E-303 cam (@.050, 220/220, .498/.498, 110 degrees), 1.6 roller rockers, Performer RPM heads (aluminum, 1.9/1.6, 60cc chambers), Cobra intake, Granatelli 75mm MAF, Billet AFPR, Equal-Length Shorty Headers, Off-Road X Pipe, Flowmasters, 4.10 POSI 13.73 at 103.8, ~2.2 60' |
03-20-2003, 12:02 AM | #4 | |
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03-20-2003, 12:05 AM | #5 |
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From what ive seen timing varies from car to car. What works for one guy might not work for the nest. The only way to find out is to experiment.
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03-20-2003, 11:23 AM | #7 |
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test and tune, you will hear it trust me, it is a higher pitch than your exhaust. and the car will be slugish until you back off a little if you have too much. You want run the lowest octane possible without pinging. I would try 91 octane to strat with and see if it pings or is lugish, then adjust timing from there, if nothing works then go 93. Good luck
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03-20-2003, 12:59 PM | #8 |
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Another factor is the age of your timing chain. A stretched chain could cause some cam/distributor flutter, effectively shifting the base timing a few degrees in either direction.
I think play between the distributor and cam gears can have the same effect. Anybody know what the allowable distributor play is (measured at the rotor)? |
03-20-2003, 08:09 PM | #9 |
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I'm curious because...I ran 87 octane in the car once by mistake when I first got it, and then checked the timing to discover a reading of 20 degrees of base timing. Never heard a single ping. I was like "WHAT THE *****"....
The harmonic balancer was shot and losing rubber so I don't know if it was off, but I can tell you that I backed the timing off to 10 degrees and it didn't run much different, just got a little more sluggish...and it started easier. Now I did have 4 broken fuel injectors then and a host of bad sensors causing the car to run ice cold and extremely rich... I have new injectors and all that now and a new balancer and the timing is holding at a steady 13.
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'91 Mustang GT 5.0 AOD Daily Driver Current stats: NEW 302 short block, E-303 cam (@.050, 220/220, .498/.498, 110 degrees), 1.6 roller rockers, Performer RPM heads (aluminum, 1.9/1.6, 60cc chambers), Cobra intake, Granatelli 75mm MAF, Billet AFPR, Equal-Length Shorty Headers, Off-Road X Pipe, Flowmasters, 4.10 POSI 13.73 at 103.8, ~2.2 60' |
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