Timing Question?

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What would timing affect on idling or a way it runs?...The reason I ask this is I think my Dist. moved More advanced...I have old pics of the car when I picked it up and I can see the old paint line made and I can see it is over a little more..will this make it surge?...I got the surging better by raising the idle but now it idles higher and sometimes it has a hanging idle now...im wondering if I should put the timing back to that spot...

 

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Knowing some of your combo, i'd say set it to 10 degrees and be done

 

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That was one thing I forgot to ask them what they set the timing at when I picked the car up from them....im sure the intial timing wasn't high couldn't be...but say it moved and advanced im sure that would affect a few things now?

 

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Youll be much more prone to detonation

 

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Well im going to move it to were I think it was and see how it runs...will I have to re-adjust the TPS and idle again and now im wondering if that's why the surging started in the 1st place the timing moved???

 

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Tps will stay the same. Idle can be affected. One way to find out. I would caution you to set the timing properly with a timing light. A few degrees can have a huge impact, especially on a boosted combo

 

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Yeah I know the way I would be moving it would be taking timing out not advancing it...I would be retarding it...im going to mark.it were it is now so I can move it back..i do have a timing light I think im going to check it anyways..to see where it is now im really wondering how its set..i think its advanced right now...