Engine/Transmission (1994 - 1998) suggestions for pump timing???

[FreeBMW]

See my mods in the sig below..... This week I am adding 370s and upgrading the clutch from a OFE to a FE. Pump timing is stock, AFC screw all the way out (good ol smoke).



Please suggest what you experts would set the timing to. I DO pull with the truck so low end is important to me (10k car trailer). But a little help up top is what i am looking to gain.





Thanks in advance.

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

15-15. 5 deg. About 5. 4 mm lift on a 215 hp pump.

 

[Jim Fulmer]

15-15. 5 deg. About 5. 4 mm lift on a 215 hp pump.



Same here!



Jim

 

[wsmalley]

With as much fuel as that 215 delivers, plus those 370's, you would good running 18* or so. Clear a lot of your smoke up, great top end, little effect on your bottom end.

 

[RHARVEY]

I understood that the more timing that you have ... you gain top end but the bottom end starts to go away.



Rick

 

[Stroker Smoker]

My truck is at 17* and it tows beautifuly. I usually haul farm equipment. Between the trailer and the equipment the total weight is usually 10-15,000 lbs or more sometimes.



Plus higher timing will virtually eliminate the white smoke on cold day start-ups, which is caused by heavy fueling.