Over advanced timing.

[BFMurphy]

Can anyone help me, i have just set my timing and realised it was actually around 23° - 25°. i have now set it to about 18° and was wondering what this would cause. i havn't road tested it yet but before it spluttered really bad on boost and when cold. could over advancing the timing cause this?

 

[Anonymous]

usually on most engines advancing the timing will cause it to idle differently and ping it's n*ts off when revved.

 

[turblio]

If you check out the how to guides you will see that it runs 5 degrees
advance when cold :shock: so you are well in the danger zone!!
Frank

 

[BFMurphy]

but in the how to section it says to set the timing to 20 degrees (6th) knotch when warm. mine was just past that so i backed it of a little to 18.

 

[turblio]

18 is fine what I mean is you get an extra 5 degrees when cold thats why
you shouldn't rev it untill warm, make sure you follow the guide exactly

 

[BFMurphy]

thats ok then, now i just have to get it booked in cause it hasn't cured the fault. and im unsure what to check now. Does anybody recomend any good. i dont mind travelling.

 

[Davey]

that explains why my car feels so much faster when its cold, i thought it had something wrong with it :?