At 12:42 AM 8/9/99 EDT, you wrote:
>You are pulling way too much timing out with the msd box..2 degrees per lb
of
>boost is way overkill...i would pull out 1 degree per 2 lbs boost as a
>start...you should invest in dyno time...set the timing retard to the amount
>of detonation that is occurring detonation can be detected by the exhaust
>emmitting brownish gray puffs of smoke...the more timing you run the more
>horsepower you will make...i have a paxton vr-4 blower and i run 12 lbs of
>boost i have a custom pcm...it pulls out the timing for me...at 4000rpm it
>pulls out 2 degrees at 4600 it pulls out 4 degrees total and at 5200 it
pulls
>out 6 degrees total(shift points are 5800 rpm)...i always run 93-94 octane
>fuel, and a colder plug and havent had a problem yet...
Thanks for the personal experience and valuable advice. I can only hope that
the R/T owners with the PowerDynes who are on another list are also DMLers
so that they can benefit from your post.
Bob
Burlington, Ontario
'97 CC Sport, 5.2L, 3.55, auto., 4x2, flame red
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