Best Timing

[BigE85]

Hey guys have a 94 mustang gt. Just put a new disburator in. And trying to figure out the best timing. All that's done to the motor is Flowmaster 40 series exuast and a cold air intake. Right now I have the timing set at 13 and it seems to lack power so something is not right. Hope you guys can help this is my first mustang

 

[Hypnotic818]

I run 14 on mine. Anything less and the car runs weird

 

[BigE85]

Ok thanks. I check mine again last night and that is were it is set at. and I have no low end power. Go to get on it and nothing I put new distributor in ,spark plug wires,spark plugs, ignition module, cap and rotor I put ngk iridium plugs in was thinking maybe they weren't gap right. Some times it acts like it's going to die but never does. So I'm at a lost just feels like it has a governor on it idle good

 

[Dan_Soprano]

Are you sure you got the firing order correct when installing the new wires? Wires seated on the plugs all the way? As far as the plugs, I never run anything other then good old regular autolites. What kind of distributor did you install?

 

[BigE85]

Just a new one from o rielly not a reman. Check all wires everything is right it idles fine no back fire. Just no power. The only thing I did change was the ignition module. And I know alot of people have bad ones right out of the box. The only mod that was added on was a cold air intake. But did not find any leaks around the mass air flow sensor. And I unplug the mass airflow see if it made a difference and the car would run bad so don't think I'm having any issues there. just at a lost.

 

[Hypnotic818]

When you checked timing did you remove spout and set base timing? Little grey square thing around passenger side wall? It'll cause a lot of issues if you time the car with spout in I learned that the hard way lmao

There's 2 firing orders for our cars HO and non-HO. I use HO on my 94 GT.

 

[BigE85]

Thanks guys for all the info. Yes did take the spout out when i timed it. And I did not relize that there were two diffrent firing orders for are cars Ill have to re check that. Cause I have the number one spark starting on the left side which would be passenger side. Cause from what I seen starting on the passenger side it goes 1234 and driver side 5678 when I change all that stuff I did one wire at a time. If thst makes since

 

[Hypnotic818]

Yeah spark plugs go 1234 on passenger and 5678 on driver side. HO should be the firing order for your car.

Do you have any vacuum leaks? I know those cause idling issues and low power issues. Had my vacuum lines mixed up and the car would barely rev up and would bog under the load

 

[BigE85]

I have replaced some but I need to check again I'm going to do some looking tonight I'll get back with you when I figure it out thanks for the help

 

[General karthief]

Have you checks for codes?

 

[BigE85]

Not yet just ordered a obd1 scanner my obd2 won't work that I have yet