just curious what you guys are running for timing out in cali on your 94-95's im bumped mine to 12 and run 91 but tonight on my way home i got into her hard coming out of a corner in second and at like 3500 i heard detonation so i backed out. it was 53 degrees out and i have a cold air and really no other mods. whats up with that? vacuum leak?
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I had that problem with mine at 10 degrees! Did a full tuneup, new wires, & cleaned the MAF & it went away, will now start bumping the timing up a bit to see...but I am able to hit WOT anytime & as long as I want to...no pinging at all. Even bogging it down & extra throttle is no problem.
12* on 87 shouldn't even ping. How many miles on the car? Wondering if there is carbon build-up in the combustion chamber. Why was the MAF changed? And can it be re-maned? I would pull one at a yard and clean and install it. It would be in your best interests to get a code reader. Otherwise lots of unnecessary guessing as to what underlying issues may be. They can be had for under $30 and are truly invaluable.
the car was pinging with timing at 10* on 89. car has 110,000 miles on it. i have access to a reader and i dont think anything is stored. i can scan it for shits and giggles tho. im running autolite 25's just what a stocker should have right? i got a replacement maf for free so i just threw it in since mine was acting up. didn't think it would be any different than a stock one?
No need for 24's on a stock motor at all.
Are you sure your timing is at 12*? Are you pulling the spout connector when you set it?
Are you sure your timing is at 12*? Are you pulling the spout connector when you set it?
No codes no info in the scanner what so ever. The brick says everything checks out good. This doesn't make sense. The car can't even run 87 on base timing. I ran a can of seafoam through the intake and now the pinging is consistent now rather than random.
One thing you might do is check the grounds. Particularly the battery to engine and chassis and engine to chassis (I believe there is one) and then the ecu to ground behind the passenger side kick panel. Grounds are often overlooked and yet they are critical for sensor functionality.
i didnt think we did but someone suggested it to me. i just took her out and no issues? wtf? she ran great actually. makes no sense... its gonna drive me nuts. no surge and plenty of ping free power. i doubt the seafoam did much. i sucked it through the vacuum port and it didnt even smoke. then i reved it hard a couple times and got two big clouds and thats it. then the drive home if i got on her she pinged. then i took her out tonight with no issues... im so confused.
CC'S95GT
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Mine will ping when the water temp is up from sitting in traffic.
12* timing, 180* stat, 87 octane.
Did you unplug the Battery after you changed the maf?
The computer needs to relearn the new parameters afterward.
12* timing, 180* stat, 87 octane.
Did you unplug the Battery after you changed the maf?
The computer needs to relearn the new parameters afterward.
The battery has been unplugged many times since the maf has been changed. See your pinging on 87 octane where as I'm pinging on 91 at 12. I do have a 195 degree t stat tho. No pinging this morning on the way to work but it was 55 degrees outside. I don't understand I should be able to run even more timing on 91.
CC'S95GT
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The sn's can't run as much timing as the fox 5.0's.
For us 14* is about max on 93 octane.
For us 14* is about max on 93 octane.
