I am going to try to advance me timing in a couple days. But before i do it, i wanted to find out if there are any disadvantages to it. Will it make it idle differently? What kind of drawbacks are there? Also any helpful advice will be appreciated.

 

You should run Winaldl if you can to check your knock counts. Advance it like 2* at a time and keep checking it. I advanced mine 6* right off the bat and it pulled harder and idled smoother but I was getting an insane amount of knocks on winaldl (none that were audible) on 89 octane. Other than that there really aren't any downsides to advancing it a little. At 4* right now it idles smooth, pulls hard, and I think your gas mileage should increase as well.

 

Ok, thanks for your help. I will let you know how it goes after i do it.

 

mines at 6 BTDC with no audible knocks but i cant afford the comp. software nor hardwear to do any farther testing, but there is definitly a SOTP diff.! of course i have to run 93 octane.PITA $1.82 a gallon!

 

dont complain, its $2.10 in ny now

 

I upped mine to 6* advanced, it idles slightly higher, only drawback is rising gas prices. Oh well.

Kevin

 

i had mine at 6* but just bumped it to 8 because i added some 1.6 rocker arms and i run 91 octane.

I have you guys all beat with gas prices, Bay Area, CA.......enough said

 

notice any SOTP improvement with the 1.6's?