Oh yeah, Rod Bearing

George Roffe geo3@earthlink.net
Mon, 6 May 2002 15:22:33 -0500


Steve wrote:

>One other thing, Pulling the spark plu wires off one by one makes no
>difference at all. The only thing that changes the noise is timing, the more
>you retard it, the quiter it gets...

Steve, that is knock, ping, detonation, etc.

Seems kind of odd that is would happen at 17 deg BTDC and that you would
have to retard it to 10 deg BTDC.  Are you *certain* about the timing settings?

It's definitely not rod bearings.  I'm 99.5% certain it's
knock/ping/detonation.

George Roffe
Houston, TX
91 SE-R (well modded)
91 G20  (well modded)
84 944 SCCA ITS race car under construction
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