help me ford gurus please!

""""Unplugging the SPout is the only way to set the timing""""

but not while its running.
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ok thanks guys

ok what kind of 1/4 mi times should i have my best was a 14.9 at 95 or 98 while sleeping at the tree .651 oh how pitiful my best reaction time was a .126 but it ran a 15.2 i cant remember i think it has a 3.08 rear gear but the diff tag shows it to be 2.83. It also has some issues about wanting to be power shifted it doesnt go into gear good on hard shift but if u slow it shifts fine so i would imagine sychronizers.

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check your cables bad ground posibly [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_tup.gif[/img]

i had a similiar problem with hard starting after warm-up and slow engine speed. first do you have underdrive pulleys? at slow engine speed you will experience low battery voltage and amp drain..second a bad starter will drag when engine is hot, does it start better when cold? my remedy was new small dia. starter which moves the starter away from hot exhaust..new battery..fixed.. in regards to your timing, disconnect the spout after warm up. if you have auto place in gear at 750 rpm and set timing to about 12 to 15 degrees..replace spout check for ping, if no ping you could advance until ping is noted and retard 2 degress and road test again..do this until ping eliminated with 93 + octane fuel...you may also check total advance with marked balancer and spout in place.. vehicle must be in gear to do this, so jack stand the rear end total should be in the 35 to 40 degree range..

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well i just got my car dynoed today and i was pretty disappointed max hp was 216 and max tq. was 286 at the wheels would these numbers show that something is a little of with my car? i have the above mentioned mods.

did you try adjusting the timing to 14 deg on the dyno?? throttle bodie and maf meter would be the next step. but if your budget permits a good set of aluminum heads and a cam will wake that thing up. Chris

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well what i was actually asking is do these numbers look normal for the mods i have i figured they would be a little higher