Hey , I was thinking about checking the timming for my 89 rs with 2.8 mpfi . Haynes manual said to check veci label and I don't have one in the engine compartment . And a search of this sight (4 timming marks 2.8 )lead me every where and some 500 post .

So if any one could help THANKS

Then I want to move on to idle adjustment procedure according to LinuxGuy from this same sight and thanks to everyone this is a great board

 

i think that mine said to set it at 12* with the thingy unplugged. i set it at 15 for better acceleration under load and for better top end perfomance

 

play with it to see what the engine likes the best. it will tell you where to set it if you are listening. i have never had luck with timing lights, but if i do it by listening to the engine, i hit it right on within 5 minutes every time.

 

thanks man est thats it.... had to look back at the book


think I 'll do it 2 morrow

 

yea a little more advanced seems to me a better choice

 

mine runs best at about 17* anything more than that, and it is too slow on the lower rpm's

 

had a chevy truck that loved advance timming but got hard to crank.

Any ways I bought this car 800$ and have been chasing and repairing and now just tinkering away the days . junkyard runs auto parts, kant wait till I can geter taged and cruze round with the tops down. With 168,000 miles heck It will cruze for 2.8 just tring to find that smooooooth spot you know working out the bugs and learnin bout the machine

 

lol i baught mine for 900 cash with 127563 on the odometer, that was almost 2 1/2 years ago, now i got almost 180,00 on it and it is still running strong! bugs are normal at the age of our cars