timing question

[240_de_Ville]

what exactly does advancing or retarding the timing do?..i have a sohc and i wanted to play with the timing a lil bit and try to get a lil better low end responce..is that what advancing and retarding does? one will give a lil better low end and the other a better on the top? i searched but never found the answer i was looking for

[contranication]

Here: I searched to got it on first try

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition_timing

[EATthis]

eh leave it alone... either way advance is low end, retard is higher rpm... cause it needs to happen sooner cause its happening faster ... but yeah you highly modified? doesnt sound like it soo leave her to spec

[240_de_Ville]

its just plain stock. wasn't sure if it would make a big difference or not being stock..thanks

[240_de_Ville]

thanks for the info guys. i have another thread with a "poll type" question but i didn't think it belonged in here but i wanna try to get as many opinions as possible this is the link....

http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.p...07#post1613307 check it out and let me know what you think i should do