effects of advanced timing?

[jrkopropo]

My car had an idling problem so we advanced the timing a little bit. The car runs a lot faster and much smoother. Do I risk my engine to detonation? What are the effects of advanced timing? By the way it's a sr20det redtop.TIA

[statik]

how about telling us what timing your running...

[sdtouge]

:stupid:

a little advance isnt bad, but alot could cause detonaiton. id just make sure to run 91 if your not already. someone might mentions a knock sensor, but they basically are usefull for sensing knock above 3k rpm.

[statik]

:stupid:

a little advance isnt bad, but alot could cause detonaiton. id just make sure to run 91 if your not already. someone might mentions a knock sensor, but they basically are usefull for sensing knock above 3k rpm.

how do you even know he knows what base timing is?

[240mph]

Take a timing gun and let us know what
mark is it on now.

[JaYaYsSoHN]

ive run close to full advance for like 6 months on 91. motor ran like a champ even with close to 250k orignal

[Grandpa]

ive run close to full advance for like 6 months on 91. motor ran like a champ even with close to 250k orignal

What's full advance? Did you advance the distributor 1 tooth and then advance it until it wouldn't idle, and then backed it off a bit?