Thread: How much boost
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Old 05-13-2018, 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Curious George View Post
I think I'm retarded, lol. Agree with too retarded being safer than too advanced with obvious consequences, but what are long term effects of too low of timing? I'm aroung 15 degrees at 15psi, I added a couple degrees and didn't really pick up anything so I was hesitant to keep going. Trying to keep things together as budget only allows for limited testing. Any information given would be greatly appreciated as I am still pretty new to this boost thing.
I dont know all of them , but Too retarded timing will give low power, lousy emissions and excessive bore wear. You can burn up the turbin wheel on your turbo too. I dont know what heads you have and where your piston height and head gasket thickness is, but 15 degrees sounds kind of low.. Im not saying it is. I would need more info to have a better idea....

There are guild lines to follow as you tune for optimum timing while reading the plugs...

With out them its playing russian roulette if you ask me.

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