timing

I asked, "How do you find total timing on an engine". AI Explained: Total timing refers to the total amount of advance that an engine's ignition system provides. The amount of timing advance, or the point at which the spark plugs fire, can affect the engine's performance and fuel efficiency...

Hey everyone, this is a stumper for me. My 89 GT will not fire up or stay running unless the base timing is set to ~30 degrees. With the timing light reading 12 degrees the car will crank but not start. While someone is cranking I turn the distributor to 30 degrees it will fire up and run...

I Have 92 Gt Stock 302 ( aod ) minus egr delete and smog delete. Car was running fine every since I've bought it road trips and all. Coming home from work one night on the highway it started with a miss kind of like would loose power than immediately come back almost like a bad spark plug or...

Hey all! I'm new here, and I'm sure its been spoke about but I have a 84 fox with a carbureted 87 5.0. I'm a little new to cars and just rebuilt the engine. Stock bottom end with TFS2 cam and gt40p heads. Upon the first start up, we let it run for a minute or so and noticed that the cylinder...

1987 5.0 Manual, timing chain broke after I finally had it running well Rebuilt with an upgraded cam. Original heads with a valve kit. Gear driven timing. Newer explorer intake Harness and A9L computer out of an 89 for the MAF conversion. EGR deleted since it has a newer explorer intake. All...

87 to 89 Foxbodys are notorious for having little issues.. But lets Create a Thread on Little Known Little Issues for 1987 to 1989 Foxbody Mustangs... 1. The Spout Connector.... The Spout Connector, located near the Distributor and TFI Module, is like a Vaccum Advance.. In order to Set your...

So I dropped my car off at the mechanic to have my oil pump replaced on my 2016 Mustang GT. And I know from doing my research that they had to remove both of the timing chains to get to it. When I got back to my vehicle and started it it made a really weird noise like there was metal ticking. I...

So here's what i got: 1985 Mustang, engine from Summit (Blueprint Engines), Holley 4160 carb, rebuilt Metric AOD with 2400 stall converter, 8.8 rear with 3.73's. I got the car on the road last summer with the 'original' engine but found it was wore out so i never messed with the timing. Now...

It's a 3.8 V6, return style fuel injection, with an ignition control module. When I start it up, the timing jumps to 28°, engine misfires like mad before it just bounces from 17° to 28° back and forth, all around. My car doesn't have issues when accelerating or anything, it's only start-up idle...

Just swapped in a 351w carb Into my 86 foxbody and for some reason the timing isn't advancing under acceleration . It is mildly built. Any help on why this might be happening or what causes this?

okay, so I just swapped the intake on my 71 302 and put an Edelbrock 4 bbl on it. I've got my timing light out and ready to go but have no idea how to use it, it has a dial on the back. I have only 1 mark on my balancer at top dead center. I need to tune the carb but wanna time it first. I'm 16...

Hi there. I have a 1988 Ford Mustang LX fox that has a 5.0 converted from speed density to mass air. This has been a long project for my dad and I, and recently we initially got it started for the very first time at zero degrees timing. It idled pretty well without stumbling around 1k, but...

Hi, Stil to get my car registered but that is another story. I have a couple other questions: 1. When I hook the EGR vacuum up it wants to stall the engine at idle. It didn't do this before but when I was working on something else I noticed the vacuum line to egr was broken so I fixed...

My car runs great and has great power and I'm very happy with it. Still I get to thinking, can I somehow keep the reliability of my supercharged 5.0 while increasing PSI? I have the itch to increase boost a little bit, say from 11psi to about 14psi. In doing so I'd pull some timing out to make...

I'm fixing a few issues on a friend's 1966 Mustang coupe, six cylinder. I know from the engine casting code that the engine is from a 1968 Falcon. No big deal, but the timing on a '68 is 6 degrees BTDC, and that on a '66 is 12 degrees BTDC, according to my info. Where should I set It? If someone...

If interested, please contact me via email at [email protected]. I'm based in Phoenix, AZ. Ford V8 Cam Tool Kit 6498 by OTC. Includes: -525216 Camshaft Positioning Tool -525217 Camshaft Holding Tool -525218 Secondary Timing Chain Tensioner Tool -525219 Crankshaft Positioning...

Ok guys, I need some help. Pulling my hair out. I pulled the engine and did rings and bearings and changed the heads and camshaft. I went with trick flow 190 11Rs and a Anderson B31 camshaft. Here is the issue I'm having. I started the car and it fired right off. Idled very good and...

Setting the timing on an 04 gt, before taking off the chains I set to tdc and marked chain at cam mark and the 6:00 mark on the crank. My chains had no visible links to differentiate but after the chains came off the 2 marks lined up at opposite ends so I felt confident in that. I also marked...

I'm looking for some help in finding a program that will allow me to make changes to the air fuel ratio and ignition timing on my 94 v6. The car does have obd2 and I can read codes from it as well as get engine data. I have a obd2 to USB cable for my laptop so I'm looking for something that...

Hey everyone new here just wondering if anybody can offer some help on some issues. So a couple weeks ago my car overheated on a really hot day during a 2 hour road trip from picking up my sister from her moms. I was about 45 minutes from home and my car went from O on "normal" to the red zone...