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Re: It's all about timing



Hang on a minute... lemme get this straight.  Your car was pinging with the
timing set at 5 degrees, but is better/faster with the timing at 8?  Makes
no sense to me....

John

'87 16v Scirocco
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>well I finally got around to correctly adjust my timing. When i bought the
>car the timing was set at 20 degrees! I put it to 6(stock) but it ran like
>dog poop.  so i put it to `5 and it ran fine until a few days ago when it
>started pinging and the rev limiter would kick in at about 6000. I knew
that
>I should be able to pull hard through redline with the schricks. So
>yesterday I adjusted it to 8 degrees on the advice of my local scirocco
guru
>and I must say that my car is feeling schweet!  pulls hard to redline and
>acclerates better than ever. I raced and beat my friends corrado slc with
>filter and chip by at least 2 cars lengths and I kept pulling on him.  just
>thought I'd share.
>
>
>
>
>Rich Deede
>1988 Scirocco 2.0 16v
>1987 Scirocco 16v- R.I.P.
>
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