Hey all,
I am wondering what all this talk about advancing your ignition timing is? I have heard of this a lot but never understood the kind of gains one might see from it. I have cam gears and have my timing advanced on those but I would like to know if I could gain noticeable throttle response or power from advancing the ignition timing? How much would it cost for a tech to do it with a timing gun? Is it worth it or does it not do much at all? Thanks for any info guys.

 

shouldnt cost very much, its only a matter of hooking up the timing light to #1 lead and loosening the distributor and moving it backwards/forwrads to get the required timing set, takes less than 5 minutes.

 

yea but for someone who doesnt know what youre talking about itll take a whole lot longer than 5 min...buy a helms!

 

I meant that if he brought it to a mechanic/tuner then it would only take 5 minutes and shouldnt cost too much

 

have you seen this "how to"?


http://www.c-speedracing.com/howto/timing/timing.html

 

So anyone who has done this, can you feel a difference in power or response at all? Is it worth it?

 

I've been meaning to do this on mine, but just haven't gotten around to it. Apparently, it's not a major gain, but it's noticeable on the butt-dyno

 

i have seen people on the dyno get anywhere from 3-6 hp from it . depends on the car and the mods though.
i see a diff off my times at the track with it.

 

Wow, I didn't know it made that much of a difference. I've only got a CAI on my car, so I'd probably be on the low end of things. It's going into the shop for an oil change & valve adjustment (15K), so I may as well have it advanced.

My friend is the technician at Acura

 

what is the optimum setting for a b18c with just i/e and hi flow cat, i've mine set at 17degrees advanced...can i go further safely?

 

you can safely go as high as 18d btdc. use premium fuel and listen for denotation when under load.

 

you can go +/- 2° I advance 18 on mine and you can't really notice the gains.

 

i had it done to my car when i was NA . its an easy cheap mod , every little bit helps.

 

3-6 whp....every bit will help....

 

Yeah thats right better run higher fuel like Teken says. Too bad CA only has freakin 91!!!!!!!