Timing...

[David A. Cooley]

At 05:35 PM 11/14/98 -0700, you wrote:

>Yeah but it would make more sense if the front cylinders were ADVANCED.
>Sure they aren't?
>

Yep... Double checked again and the rears are advanced... The one closest
to the water pump is advanced less than the other 2.

>Seems to me the front bank will run cooler than the rear.  The rear will
>allow more advance before knocking then.  Right?
>

Actually, the other way around... The front will allow more advance before
knocking because they are cooler.  (Theoretically...)  Maybe the fronts
being slightly retarded run a bit hotter so they force them to run at equal
temps? (rears hotter due to lack of airflow, fronts hotter due to 2-3
degrees of retard).


>I have a Mitsubishi 6G72 turbocharged engine (V6, 3.0l), also transversely
>mounted.  I'd love to get into the ECU but supposedly it is not easy without
>a Techtom unit due to a custom 68 PLCC.  In any case, the rear bank
>definitely runs hotter than the front.  EGTs even vary which I suspect is
>related in part to different timing but don't know for sure.
>

Be nice if there was a way to read the prom inexpensively via a service port...


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