Would u guys suggest advancing timing should i do it ? or just leave it the way it is ? is it in ANY way at all bad for the motor ? trans? or anything at all. Would you guys suggest it have you guys done it ? should i do it ? i dont know nothing about advancing timing, my friend wants to do it for me since he has expirence on it, but i wanna learn a lil about it and also wanna know if its bad for any part of the car ? my cars btw a 93 Integra. Let me know guys.

 

anyone

 

If you have any medium to good mods on there then possibly a timing advance may NOT help, but in stock form a few degrees will may yield you a couple HP, but no more since you are in stock form.

 

advancing my timing would it in any way affect or hurt my motor or any parts of the car ?

 

sure if you detonate you can actually blow your engine, that's why it's best to get it on a dyno to see the gains if any that you are getting

 

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It depends on the gas you're running, intake temp, etc.

 

Dont advance ur timing unless ur putting in stronger valvetrain in which case u can see some serious power gains

 

I have my timeing advanced on my 2000 ls and I noticed take off to be easier and it idled better. Really with the computers we have and their is so little advance on our distributors any way you could advance all the way and with premium fuel you will not ping. I say advance it FTW... Just make shure you have no pre-detonation.

 

i drove my rs fully advanced and blew that **** up in 6 months

 

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It depends on the gas you're running, intake temp, etc. </TD></TR></TABLE>

True, I'm just stating what too much advance can do

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by red01teg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Dont advance ur timing unless ur putting in stronger valvetrain in which case u can see some serious power gains </TD></TR></TABLE>

ummm, that has nothing to do with valvetrain...and if you think it does please explain.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by slow_ls &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">pre-detonation.</TD></TR></TABLE> I think you mean pre-ignition which some may call detonation.

 

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ummm, that has nothing to do with valvetrain...and if you think it does please explain.

I think you mean pre-ignition which some may call detonation. </TD></TR></TABLE>


Im kinda questioning wtf the valvetrain has to do with timing advancement as well.....atleast ignition timing advancement. Also, pre-ignition is actually when parts of the combustion chamber become to hot and the gas actually lights previous to a spark being fired. Detonation is when you run too low of an octane or ignite the fuel too quickly and the fuel fully ignites long before TDC.

 

i say throw it on a dyno and then see if u need to advance or retard and cam timing

 

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Yes, but we all know thats not actually gonna happen.

 

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Yes, but we all know thats not actually gonna happen.</TD></TR></TABLE>

haha funny cause its probably true.

 

Timing (ignition timing) has no affect on valve train. Advance it a couple degrees and test drive, see if theres any knock at all, if so retard it a little. If you run premium you can advance it more. You will feel a difference when its advanced.

 

how much have you guys advanced safely?? whats a good setting

 

I have fully advanced my timing and it ran great in the low end but up high it causes it to struggle. I was getting considerable knock though when at lower speeds; this was with regular fuel. I have been driving my car a couple degrees from full advance for about a year and it runs great and everything looks and sounds good.