Ninety5five0

I'll adjust the timing and FP myself. I'm sure a dyno tune can get quite a bit more hp than i can get out it.. ?

JustalittleLX

my car has a healty cam some gt40 heads and a paxton s/c all done by myself and i have never got around to getting to the tuner. for the first month after the s/c install i had some problems, i blew the head gasket the first day i got it running but thats my stupid fault for racing the first car that i thought was worthy. ive been driving the car for 3 months with no other major problems. car runs great. i just messed around with the timing and some other stuff. i would say for a hci combo dont sweat it if you can get it to run fine

94RedDevil

ok, i hate to be the idiot in this post but i'm allowed 1 stupid question per day. How are u guys adjusting your timing yourself? Do you have a tuner or something?

dman302

usually N/A cars don't see much more than 10hp gains on average unless the car arrives in a poor general state of tune..as I said earlier..stock FP, and 14 degrees to start...use the SOTP meter to see what she likes best and save the cash from the dyno. If you have stalling/surging issues a dynotune will correct them...however 400 bucks for 10 hp is not a good trade imo.

Ninety5five0

Turn the dizzy with the spout unpluged. Read the sticky uptop.

dman302

Timing light and a 1/2" wrench..loosen the dist bolt and tune the dist while pointing the light at the balancer....the free approach to do the EXACT same thing your diablo chip does for 200 bills . I'll bet you 50 bucks if you pull the diablo chip you have and bump your timing to 14 degrees that you meet or exceed your last dyno numbers...guaranteeed.

JustalittleLX

i have to do my timing by ear and feel. its more like a move it alittle one way drive around and work it one way or another

94RedDevil

alright cool, thanks a lot for the info. You'll have to excuse me, i'm just learnin

Ninety5five0

Well i'll just get the H pipe on and let her run and she how it goes, after that i'll driver her around nice n easy and see how everything goes there. I'll play with the timing and FP.....If it seems to have some problems with surging / idling i'll take it to the tuner. Thanks for all the input fellas.

ooticamitica

you should be fine, some people(stupid people i know) actually run without o2 sensors...it works, 45 mins shouldnt kill you just put it in 5th and cruise!