timing advance
#1
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From: H-town, Texas
Vehicle: 99 Red Tib
timing advance
my friend told me that if I advance the timing by 5 degrees and keep using high octane gas that it will give me more horsepower. is this true or all bs?
#3
^ What faith said. You're friend is severly misinformed. Thats basically a trick that alot of domestic and muscle guys will do to increase power from their bigger V8's, but for our engines...dont even bother trying.
#5
that was an easy 20hp on the old foxbody 5.0 mustangs. but to do it on our cars you would have to adjust the cam gear(s) 1 tooth on the belt. then your computer would go crazy trying to correct the advanced timing and make your car run worse. Of course, this is assuming you dont destroy the valves and pistons.
#7
Well I must be the exception to the rule here because I picked up quite a bit. While tuning my car on the dyno a majority of the power increase came from bumping up the timing.
#10
It was over 10 hp gained before I even touched the fuel maps and I was already about +4 degrees over stock before even going there. The motor is an NA beta 1 with bolt ons so I’m sure some would say it wouldn’t be that much of an improvement if it was completely stock. However I street tuned a stock alpha with only a cold air intake and exhaust and was able to cut nearly ¾ of a second off of my quarter mile time, again seeing a majority of the improvement due to timing adjustments.