No Spout Plug? How will this effect things?

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Originally posted by NotchJohnson
Basically the spout connector tells the computer that it is alright to use its programmed timing curves, therefore it advances the timing in relation to throttle increase. Without the spout in place, the car will run at constant initial timing, or what you set the timing to. If you set your car to run at 14 degrees initial, it will stay at 14 degrees no matter how much throttle you give it. I have heard of people setting their cars to 28 degrees initial and having the car run great (using good gas of course) but I have never tried it. I have also HEARD that without the spout in place, it disables the computers rev limiter, but as to the truth to this rumor I have no idea.

You can advance your timing to about 26-28 and run without the spout, in short burst like at the track. It is not recommended that you do that and drive for prolonged periods of time. I would suggest getting one asap. If nothing else, you could rig something (conductive like foil) to stuff in there to close the circut until you get a plug, but I dont suggest you keep that in too long either. I dont think there is any inner workings in the plug, I think it just closes the loop. Someone can back me or shoot me down, I dont want to recommend you do that unless I can get some backing that it wont hurt anything.

Caymon