Big block V8’s and premium gasoline
Has anyone here bumped the timing on their Ford 460 V8 for better performance? I realize that doing so probably necessitates the use of higher octane gasoline, but is the added performance and potenti...
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RLS7201 wrote:
Several of us in the Ford EFI 460 community have been able to run our initial timing @ 12 degrees, with no pinging issues. Another option is to lengthen the rod on the EGR feed back potentiometer, until you get 0.85 volts, at idle, on the out put lead. This will boost the timing a little more when the EGR valve opens.
Richard
And what exactly will that result in?
