Timing and Cooling

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grego37

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Jun 29, 2006

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• Jun 29, 2006

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Are there any basic rules of thumb to get my car to run a little cooler by adjusting my timing differently?
more advanced/ more retarded?
thanks

 

classic boost

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canton, oh

Jun 30, 2006

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more advanced. do you have a vacuum advance on the distributor?

 

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D.Hearne

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Dittto: advanced

 

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grego37

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no vacuum, have MSD billet.
I'll give it a shot

 

classic boost

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yeah, you need alot of advance at cruise. around 40deg btdc

 

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mustangdave

My rearend needs a stud and two nuts.

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Jun 30, 2006

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I had a car that overheated due to timing being advanced too far: backed it off and never overheated again. I'm sure these guys know better than me but I had to give my experience with the problem. Maybe we can get further explanation of why they say to advance.

 

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grego37

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advanced it 3*
and dropped the water temp about 9*
will test again tomarrow at high noon .
thanks.

 

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asiantony

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clockwise to advance? or counter-clockwise to advance?

 

classic boost

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clockwise to advance

 

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steel1212

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when I advance mine it runs hotter. Then again I'm at 38 degrees at 3000rpms.