Mike wrote:
>I tried driving it at 5BTDC with the stabilizer disconnected, and it
>ran pretty good.  Not even a hint of pinging on a steep hill running
>89 octane gas -- I used to time my '76 Scirocco by advancing till I
>got a little ping under heavy acceleration then backing it off a few
>degrees.   But 14BTDC sounds like really far advanced.
>
>This is a CA car and I will have to pass emissions (if the engine
>doesn't blow up before then).   How does advanced timing affect that?
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Advanced timing often causes high unburned HC at idle. One of the tricks
to passing a car that has too much idle HC is to retard the timing as
much as you can get away with.
You'll probably want to put the timing back to stock for your smog test.
If the engine is in good condition and the CAT is really good it may not
matter much, but usually the smog guy checks it and requires that
it be to factory spec anyway...

Steve
EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"

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