Posted by rickyracer (IP: 63.25.219.88) on July 13, 2000 at 01:21:53:
In Reply to: Re: Timing question for performance posted by Charlie on July 12, 2000 at 19:23:14:
The best way is to drive it and test it that way. Were I come from not to many people drive dynos. "Always works good on paper"
: The most efficient way is to set timing for peak torque on the dyno. You can come very close to this by advancing until you hear detonation, then backing off a degree until it stops completely.
: An old 5.0L Mustang trick is to advance timing to 14 degrees and run premium, this picks up about a tenth in the quarter for those cars. -CP
: : Okay...I'm having a brain fart here. I can't remember why a high initial timing is desired. I'm running 14 degrees now. No problems, just wanted to know if maybe backing it off would help. Maybe back to 12??