Spencerider
New Member
Hey y'all. I have a 1995 GT 5.0 that pings really bad. It has 170,000 miles and I bought it last week for a steal knowing that it had an issue with the PIP. I've done all of the basic SN95 stuff like cleaning the MAF, new fuel filter and all that. I also put in a new distributor and set the baseline ignition timing at 10 degrees btdc with the little plug pulled out. So, after putting the new distributor in and setting the baseline timing, I put the little plug back in. Upon starting I noticed that it would idle normally at about 800 rpm but would slowly drop down to about 500 and it idles a little bit rough. (Also idles the same way with the little plug pulled out) So I take it for a spin. If I go anywhere above half throttle, it starts to ping. I took it back to the house and looked at the timing again with the little plug in and I saw the timing not only jumping all over the place, but it seems to be at 25 to 30 degrees btdc while at idle, if I rev it up it jumps around even more and goes more advanced. If I pull the plug back out, it goes back to 10 degrees and doesn't ping at any throttle amount whether it's parked or driving. To fix this, I went to O'reilly's and tried a new ignition module with no luck. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing my ignition timing to go crazy? Any insight will be greatly appreciated.