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Old 11-14-2008, 08:19 PM   #5 (permalink)
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How much FE bump did you realize?

This timing thing seems to be a YMMV thing. For example, I have two Tempos, identical engines, one has a/t and the other 5-speed. I advanced the timing 6 degrees over stock on the a/t Tempo with no detonation issues at all. But, for that matter, I haven't detected an FE change either. And it might be my imagination, but I thought low end responsiveness was better. So, I tried bumping the timing up 4 degrees on the 5-speed. It pinged. So I've backed it off to +2 degrees. Who knows why such a difference in timing requirements? Could be wrong timing marks?
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