what are the benefits of advancing my timing?? I have a predator coming in, and can do this...with my mods would this add hp's? What does it exactly do anyway??

 

Google'd it.

http://www.miata.net/garage/KnowYourCar/S10_Timing.html

In short, you are optimizing the combustion by taking the engine speed and the burn rate of the air/fuel into account. The net result is better performance.

 

so no negative side to advancing the timing??

 

gotta run premium gas

 

biggest negative is you can go too far advanced and cause predetonation or pinging which can damage the engine. it will also cause harder starts and possible overheating problems but usually most don't go too far and have these problems. once you get the Predator, it advances the timing internally all the time and you will most likely have to set the base timing back to stock after you install it to prevent pinging and damage. and premium gas ain't cheap nowadays either. LOL

 

Yeah i'll have to run premium...gass prices SUCK!!!...i've read that the predator will not let you over adjust the timing though...so I won't have to worry about over doin it will I?

 

I think it will only allow adjustments up to 10% anyway...unless get a specific tune on it...

 

Where did you read that? I really doubt that statement. If you hear it ping when you accelerate, then back it off a little until it doesn't. It's not that scary.

 

well running 93 isn't a must ..I use a hypertech mod on my truck say 91 +..I use 89 and never herd a pip

 

My timing was retarded all to hell, and I advanced it to 14.5 degrees or so and run 93 and I had a pretty good notable change in power.