Interesting Timing Info

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I'm in winter up to -30 - 35 C with 4kq and do not change the timing.

Dobby

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From: Mihnea Cotet <mik at info.fundp.ac.be>

Date: Sunday, January 12, 2003 2:22 pm

Subject: Re: Interesting Timing Info

> Um well, the european 2.2 10v NA engines have their timing set at 18
> degrees BTDC and IME I've never experienced poor cold starts at
> negativeoutside temps... Let it as is, in Germany they also have -
> 15/20 to +10
> degrees all winter (especially back in the 80s) and AFAIK no one
> ever said
> he had to retard timing in order to get good cold starts, nor they
> ever had
> cold start problems...
>
> HTH,
>
> Mihnea
>
> At 16:10 12/01/2003 -0500, CTDiesel at aol.com wrote:
> >I've recently read that for Bosch Fuel Injection, if you are in a
> cold>environment (winter in the north) that the closer to TDC
> your timing is the
> >better cold starting you will get. Like in the 4kq with 6
> degrees BTDC its
> >recommended to back that down to 3 BTDC or even 0. Its also
> stated that if
> >you are timed way BTDC (10-20 degrees) you can experience kick
> back and ruin
> >the starter. I am in winter temps of -10 to +15 all winter and
> my car is
> >outside 24-7. What is everyones take on this?
> >
> >
> >TIA,
> >DJ
>
>