this has probably been discussed before but i don't fully understand the concept of timing...i know it is how fast the spark fires under a load but how much horsepower does say a 28-30 degree timing full race chip make over an alky chip of say 23-22 degrees of timing (given you are running the right race gas and same boost level)
as for my combo, i have a bone stock motor with just valve spring replacement and a te-44 turbo with 50's...i do have a PTE race chip (i think it's 28 or 30 degrees timing) but i am not sure what safe boost level i should run...with the alky chip and alky i run about 25 lbs...
with such a high timing chip you sure don't have the luxury of being able to let off if you knock really high like you do with a lower timing chip am i correct? so if i knock say kaboom to my headgaskets? i guess to answer to my own question would be to start the boost pretty low like 22 lbs and work my way up?
as for my combo, i have a bone stock motor with just valve spring replacement and a te-44 turbo with 50's...i do have a PTE race chip (i think it's 28 or 30 degrees timing) but i am not sure what safe boost level i should run...with the alky chip and alky i run about 25 lbs...
with such a high timing chip you sure don't have the luxury of being able to let off if you knock really high like you do with a lower timing chip am i correct? so if i knock say kaboom to my headgaskets? i guess to answer to my own question would be to start the boost pretty low like 22 lbs and work my way up?