Re: Advance Timing on a 16v? Speedy response please

[brett@kodak.com (Brett VanSprewenburg)]

> >I can't remember if or why it is bad to advance the timing on a 16v.  I
> >think it is but I need to know for sure because a friend of mine just did it
> >on his car ( he doesn't know what he' sdoing though)  and he wants to drive
> >but I thought it was a bad idea.  I didn't see if Jay posted this already so
> >sorry if this is the second. Thanks
>  
> if everything is working properly, 12 dergrees should be ok. fast enough?
>  
> Shawn

When the 1.8 16v first came out, EC did an article on tuning with a heavy bent
on what Techtonics was doing about it.  They reported that any deviation
from stock timing, retard or advance, made LESS power on their dyno;
therefore there was no quick fix for power available there.

==Brett
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