timing
 

right now my turbo is spooling pretty slow till she hits 20 lbs i can peg out my 1600* egt gauge in a second cruising around 70 im at 1100 it seems sluggish on the top end too i also get about 14 mpg on highway aswell im at 15.5 * timing right now i was thinking of bumping her up to like 22-24* what your guys's opinion on timing and anything else i should/can do to help? afc is full forward no plate afc light spring is in smoke screw is backed out almost all the way havent really touched the starwheel though....

you may want to do studs before that much timing.. what size is that 62?

Re: timing
 

Anything over 16.5 will trash a factory gasket

i got new stock bolts torqued down to 155 lotta people told me thatll hold em im pretty sure its a 62/65/14? its an s300 base and some guy in oregon "custom" makes them appartently i bought her used so im not 100% sure

Re: timing
 

It won't hold it. Ringed and studed will.

wat about leaving the head on and studding it one by one?

Re: timing
 

Might hold for a while . But it will eventually blow

ive heard doing it 1 by 1 is better than pulling the head and getting it resurfaced and new hg since the old one has a solid seal?

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It is the only way to do it if your not pulling the head.

i know that i mean compared to pulling the head and gettin it surfaced and replacing headgasket. is it any better to pull the head and surface it n all that or just replacing the bolts with studs 1 by 1? ive heard people on both sides of that arguement... i guess my question is why would it only hold for a while? is doing it one by one not as good in your opinion?