Michael; Just advance it until you hear pinging under hard acceleration and then back it off until it stops. This will require you to reset idle speed.PITA. I could not tell the difference in performance on a properly tuned engine. I think benifits are felt if you are compensating for a badly worn or out of tune engine. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe On Thu, 8 Oct 1998 21:25:19 -0600 Michael Harrnacker <harrnack@IN-TCH.COM> writes: >>3> Set the timing properly. I had it slightly advanced to improve >> performance > >How far do people recommend advancing the timing for additional power? > >Michael B. Harrnacker >89 Weekender "Nameles" >91 Golf "Miami" >http://ruralinstitute.umt.edu/vwbus >harrnack@yahoo.com > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] |
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