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g16b timing

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:20 am
by Reece89
hey just want to know the timing for a g16b efi motor, because on idle mine ran between 10-15btdc ? without moving the distributor

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:20 pm
by shandy
hey mate
i
have mine set to 5-6 BTDC and idles around 700-900 rpm
dont quote me but i think that is what the factory manual says

shandy

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:09 pm
by Reece89
thanks mate

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:37 pm
by mr green
did you earth the diagnostic connector when you did it?

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:05 pm
by Reece89
please explain

Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:58 pm
by shandy
hi mate
yes i did do that grounding thing with the pin in the plug which in mine is behind to drivers side head light. on my car i have a sticker that says run at 5-6 deg BTDC.

also do u guys think this is ok when running on premium 91 fuel?

hope this info helps

shandy

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:01 am
by lay80n
shandy wrote:hi mate
yes i did do that grounding thing with the pin in the plug which in mine is behind to drivers side head light. on my car i have a sticker that says run at 5-6 deg BTDC.

also do u guys think this is ok when running on premium 91 fuel?

hope this info helps

shandy

91 ron fuel is not premium, its normal aussie crap spec fuel. Premium is usually 95 ron, and really good premium is 98 ron.

Layto....

Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:58 pm
by shandy
ok,
at my local petrol station it says premium unleaded 91, would it run ok on 95-98? if not then what should the timing be set to?

thanks

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:20 am
by gell
Hey shandy I run my g168v Sierra on 98ron and it runs really well

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:13 pm
by shandy
Hi gell

what timing is your set too? would it be different for a 16v as that is what mine is.

thanks

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:43 pm
by Reece89
yeah i didnt earth that diagnostic tester. how do you do that what plug is it and what tools do you need