TIMING ADVANCE

howiefisher · Jul 23, 2007

just ajusted it .turned it clock ways to advance is that right or is it counter clock ways to advance it ????

The Green GT · Jul 23, 2007

I THINK its clock wise.

But your timing light will tell you which way you are going.

And make sure you pull the spout connector.

howiefisher · Jul 23, 2007

yeah i pulled it out just wanted to make sure i did not retard the timing

The Green GT · Jul 23, 2007

You should still check it with your timing light. If you dont have a timing light I would not touch it until you can get one.

HISSIN50 · Jul 23, 2007

In general: if you leave the SPOUT connector in (because you're just bumping the timing a hair and not using a timing light), if the idle increases, you have likely advanced the timing. If the idle decreases, you have likely retarded the timing.

howiefisher · Jul 23, 2007

no we had a timing light and we removed the chip.we set it at 15 deges advanced but at wide open throttle it is pining bad so should i drop it down to 12 or 13 .??? we tured it clock ways .95 5.0 L 5spd that is advanced right

Dino Dino Bambino · Jul 24, 2007

howiefisher said:
just ajusted it .turned it clock ways to advance is that right or is it counter clock ways to advance it ????

On our beloved 5.0, the rotor turns counterclockwise so to advance the timing, you need to turn the distributor body clockwise.

Zero_chance · Jul 24, 2007

Excuse the seemingly stupid question, but you are running premium fuel right?

final5-0 · Jul 24, 2007

Skip lunch a few days and put that money in a timing light

It don't have to be one of those expensive units

Your just peein against the wind without one

Grady

Zero_chance · Jul 24, 2007

A "friend" of mine goes to Advance Auto when he needs a cheap timing light, very carefully takes it out of the box being sure to save all the packing materials. He then uses it and replaces it inside said box, makes it look authentic and then returns it to Advance Auto for a refund. No harm, no foul.

final5-0 · Jul 24, 2007

Zero_chance said:
A "friend" of mine goes to Advance Auto when he needs a cheap timing light, very carefully takes it out of the box being sure to save all the packing materials. He then uses it and replaces it inside said box, makes it look authentic and then returns it to Advance Auto for a refund. No harm, no foul.

That could work :Word:

however

If you used that method for the tools needed
to do a project like a h/c/i upgrade

You would make 132 trips to your local parts house
and
It would take you 1.27 years to complete the task

Grady

Zero_chance · Jul 24, 2007

True but at the same time, if you dont have a majority of those tools, you probbaly shouldnt be tackling an HCI. At least I wouldnt. I have thousands of dollars worth of tools (I mean my friend.....) I just have no need for a timing light since I got into the business in 03 and nothing has a distributor anymore. And the few times I have needed one, my "friend" took care of it.

howiefisher · Jul 24, 2007

??i already have a timing light gun and we used it

HISSIN50 · Jul 25, 2007

Howie, if you already have a timing light, why did you ask in the first place? One, or at the most two wrist-twists would have told ya what you needed to know.

You were just testing us, weren't ya.

howiefisher · Jul 25, 2007

just thought i would ask first just to be safe i said i had a timing light at the top of the tread .any ways i put it to 15 and it pinged so i turned it down slightly no more ping but i am running premium fuel.thanks guys

tderrick · Jul 25, 2007

If your serious at all about internal combustion engines, you HAVE to have
a timing light.

buy a good one, they last a life time. I've seen 'em handed down

Stanger007 · Jul 26, 2007

final5-0 said:
If you used that method for the tools needed
to do a project like a h/c/i upgrade

You would make 132 trips to your local parts house
and
It would take you 1.27 years to complete the task

Black95GTS · Jul 26, 2007

howiefisher said:
just thought i would ask first just to be safe i said i had a timing light at the top of the tread .any ways i put it to 15 and it pinged so i turned it down slightly no more ping but i am running premium fuel.thanks guys

15 degrees is pretty damn high. You'll reach the point of diminishing returns at some point. With stock heads I wouldn't put it much past 13.

Oddly enough though I find this is car dependent. I ran mine, before the TwEECer, at 13 degrees on 87 octane and didn't ping at all. Some guys ping while stock.

Adam

Synned · Jul 26, 2007

Guys I have a question
My timing gun is pretty old...my dad had it for his 88 vette.
My question is...it doesn't have a dial on it
I just hook it up and turn the dizzy till it flashes on my number
What is the dial for?

The Green GT · Jul 26, 2007

Synned said:
Guys I have a question
My timing gun is pretty old...my dad had it for his 88 vette.
My question is...it doesn't have a dial on it
I just hook it up and turn the dizzy till it flashes on my number
What is the dial for?

Brightness of the light maybe?

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