5.0Flareside
GingaNinja
i was thinking bout bumping the timing up a lil bit on my truck to see if i can get a lil more out of it. as im really down on power. now do yall think i should do it with a 230k mile motor that i have? but it doesnt leak oil and it dont use oil. and idles smooth. i think i may be losing compression but not sure. is it safe to bump timing up? will it quicken the compression loss if i am loosing compression? and about how much should i turn the distributor to bump it 2 degrees? like just barely turning it like 1/20th of a turn or more or less what? im thinking bout barely bumping it gradually till i hear pinging when im driving it. is that the way i should do it without a timing light. i just dont feel like having to go through all the trouble of using a timing light and marking the timing marks and etc. me and my dad both agree timing by ear is just as good.