Timing question...
 

Hello,

My timing was at 18* on 92 octane... it was pinging once in a while on WOT. My car reference guy said to take it down to 8*. He said there was some chain thing (sorry...i forget what exactly it was) that was essentially making it 2* higher than what it was set at.

Now, I think I would be ok at 14* because my car is in great mechanical condition and my car was only pinging occasionally...

Also, I am curious about how much power I am losing from setting it to 8* (assuming no detonation...)

Thanks,
DoranW

18 TDC is to high set it to about 13-15 TDC
I did to runs one with 8 timming and another with 14 TDC and I picked up .2 from the timming stock is 10 TDC

Re: Timing question...
 

It makes a pretty big difference. When I dyno'd my car I picked up 20HP from 8*- 14*.

If it was at 18* and pinging you just needed to drop it until it stops. Most n/a stangs seem to be able to get away with 16*.