the other day i checked my spark plugs and they are 2months old in the motor...noticed they're hella black...and quite alot of backfire....so it's very obvious that my engine is running pretty dann rich...anyway ( and yes i search...but this timing issue ain't have too much post.)

current bolt on are:
CAI/H/E (custome 2.5")

so i decided yesterday to Advancing my districtor to counter richness of my engine...My question is

how much should i push toward Advance Timing...right now im about im about 1/2 of full lenght Advance timing..

any suggestions or tips will be appreciate

 

ttt.......help....please

 

Get a timing light. There only like $30. You can either set it to 16 degrees BTDC or 18 degrees. 16 is stock and 18 is as much as you'll want to go.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by farside &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Get a timing light. There only like $30. You can either set it to 16 degrees BTDC or 18 degrees. 16 is stock and 18 is as much as you'll want to go. </TD></TR></TABLE>

wooo...thanx...so i shouldn't advance the distributor timing w/out the gun...do timing gun help adjuste the timing to counter richness or the motor or anyway what is the purpose of the timing gun

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by yeegsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wooo...thanx...so i shouldn't advance the distributor timing w/out the gun...do timing gun help adjuste the timing to counter richness or the motor or anyway what is the purpose of the timing gun</TD></TR></TABLE>If you adjust the distributor without a timing light/gun, then you just don't know where you're putting it.

But still, even with a timing light, spark timing isn't gonna fix your too-rich mixture.

 

hmm i believe it does somehow ...advance it..would allow little more air intake ..however it wont counter the whole running too rich problem ...but dont you thoink it will help somehow

 

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Uhh....

Rotating the distributor advances/retards ignition timing, NOT cam timing. All that's doing is lighting off the mixture a few degrees in the rotation earlier/later, it's not allowing more air into your cylinders. Advancing may slightly help, but it's not a fix.

Find out why your plugs are fouling out ~ fix the problem, not the symptom.