Timing bump?
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Sorry to have wasted your time.
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Enough timing even with stock fuel will do in a HG... A original factory gasket will take less abuse then a newly installed HG.
Point is case, with 1/8" timing my factory gasket with the head bolts re-tourqed to 135 ft/lbs lasted about 1 month running 60psi... A new cummins gasket with the head bolts torqued to 135 ft/lbs lasted a year so far... Oh and I was spraying a .082 jet of nitrous to it.
The point I'm making is that while 1/8" of timing most likely wont hurt a truck in good shape... It can push a truck with a hurt gasket over the edge... And at 200,000 miles the head gaskets are not once they once were... So yes, there is a chance that as little as 1/8" bump in timing can blow your head gasket, is it a good chance, no, but a chance.
Point is case, with 1/8" timing my factory gasket with the head bolts re-tourqed to 135 ft/lbs lasted about 1 month running 60psi... A new cummins gasket with the head bolts torqued to 135 ft/lbs lasted a year so far... Oh and I was spraying a .082 jet of nitrous to it.
The point I'm making is that while 1/8" of timing most likely wont hurt a truck in good shape... It can push a truck with a hurt gasket over the edge... And at 200,000 miles the head gaskets are not once they once were... So yes, there is a chance that as little as 1/8" bump in timing can blow your head gasket, is it a good chance, no, but a chance.
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