Well since my car has been pinging lately I decided to retard the timing. So I did, and never went for a test drive to see how i was running. I took it from 14* to about 10*. So I closed the hood, and about 2 hours later had to go to work. I was halfway through my drive and decided to give it a little gas to see how much power I lost, if i could even feel it. Holy ****, no POWER at all! Like absolutely nothing. Felt like I had 4 cylinders. SO I park outside of the mall where I work and go into because I had to go to work I didn't have time to look at anything. Halfway walking into the mall, I got it! I forgot to plug the spout back in haha. So I was running on 10* total timing. Mwuahahaha.
One of my weekly stupid moments...
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Synned said:
One more quick observation which is about me only this time
Knowing myself as I do .....................
I always put the plug on the bench when I take it off
That way ...... when I go for the test drive ............................
The plug doesn't fall off the fender lip and get lost
Grady
Been there done that a few times over myself...One time at the dyno....couldn't figure why we lost some much power??? 2nd pull I realized I had it in my pocket...
Nother time I swapped an intake and it was running like ass...made it to the end of the driveway and knew what the deal was...amnit:
I drilled a hole in mine and zip-tied it to the wiring right there....ain't lost the mother yet..
Nother time I swapped an intake and it was running like ass...made it to the end of the driveway and knew what the deal was...
amnit: I drilled a hole in mine and zip-tied it to the wiring right there....ain't lost the mother yet..
MysteryMachine
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speaking of the spout sorry to highjack but my car threw the 212 code which is like spout grounded or some **** what is that and how does it happen
Black95GTS
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Synned said:
I've done that before!
- hindsight is 20/20
OrangeMustangGt
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thats soo funny, i thought i was the only one. One morning on the way to work, i was wondering why my car had no power after i had messed with the timing.......long story short......now there is a peice of #12 soild wire loop where the spout used to be lol
Someone picking up trash on the road somewhere probably thinks its some special "chip".
Someone picking up trash on the road somewhere probably thinks its some special "chip".
blksn955.o
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NEVER done that well ok, I did...never did find the thing either. Went to a dealer and got a new one for like 2-5$ or something. I put mine by the hood latch, so I have to see it/move it to put the rod down.
CManT1914
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Never forgotten to put mine back in 
because I always forget to take mine out when I'm setting my base timing, lol.
because I always forget to take mine out when I'm setting my base timing, lol.
Heres another story, from like 3 days ago...
I had to get my car inspected so my friends dad owns an emissions/inspections/repair shop so I took it there and he popped my hood to find
One socket, and 3 or 4 sockets on the battery.
Its like a 45 minute drive to there lol. There were some all around the battery as well.
I had to get my car inspected so my friends dad owns an emissions/inspections/repair shop so I took it there and he popped my hood to find
One socket, and 3 or 4 sockets on the battery.
Its like a 45 minute drive to there lol. There were some all around the battery as well.
OrangeMustangGt
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