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Can I retard timing w.o msns?

Posted: July 9th, 2009, 4:17 am
by hgallegos915
simple, can I do this?


A guy is selling an msd timing retard kit, it comes with the box and the knob..he had it on a pgt which was not running.


according to the diagram it says i need to get either a (white signal wire( or a magnetic picup commection.

Any ideas, tips? Id like to retard my timing around 2 degrees .

Re: Can I retard timing w.o msns?

Posted: July 9th, 2009, 11:51 pm
by Nd4SpdSe
Hmm, can't you just do it manually in diagnostic mode and turn the disty?

Re: Can I retard timing w.o msns?

Posted: July 10th, 2009, 12:20 am
by hgallegos915
I was thinking of that, but then again that palces the car in test mode, I dont know what are the downsides of running the car like that forever. As soon as ten and gnd is unjumpered the ecu corrects timing on its own.

Re: Can I retard timing w.o msns?

Posted: July 10th, 2009, 9:18 am
by Nd4SpdSe
The point for doing the adjustment in diagnostics mode is do that it doesn't compensate after you take it out of it. The ECU isn't always right, so this way is a type of manual correction.