mustangchippy90

I have a few mods on my 1990 mustang and I'm looking for the best performance of out it I can get right now. I was wondering what does my timing need to be set to for normal performance and if I wanted to bump it up a little what it needs to be set to. Quick recommendations and comments please. I will be getting a local autoshop to tune it soon.

nitrous_bob

i would start at 14* and go from there.

the best way (other than a dyno) is to start about 12* and bump in 2* increments at the track...when your mph (don't pay attention to et) goes down...back it off to where it was highest.

Kbush723

so say a basically stock engine.. you can benifit from say 14 degrees of timeing..? advanced.. im assuming..

mustangchippy90

I tuned it to 13* today and I notice a difference.

thehourg

i have had mine at 10-11 advanded with no detonation, i have a sn 95 vert, i run 87 octane

nitrous_bob

absolutely....14* might be pushing w/ total stock. go 12* for sure though

w/ your plugs closed to about .040" (i spray so i close them anyways)

91+ octane and a msd...you can run 14* as long as it isn't really hot outside (like over 100* or 80 % humidity)

vfast

I run 14 all day...1-2 degrees isn't going to make a hell lot of change...

FullAuto

I run 16-17* on MAF cars and 18-19* on SD cars assuming all are N/A. This is on 93 octane. I spray 150 @ 10* and 200 @ 8*.

ZachW04Stang

I'm running 16 on my car. I went to 18 but go detonation. You can feel a slight difference in power going from 10-16 though.

stanglx2002

all cars are different so your car will react to different timing you will have to test drive your car at different settings and pick the best timing you like