whats the ignition timing on a 16v 4age supposed 2 be

[1sik20valve]

hey pplz
before the flaming , ive looked around and ive found a few different responses .
my spaz mates have been playing around with my ignition timing , thinkin they know how 2 set it , now the car has no pull at all , and only way up top it has a strong pull , so im thinkin they advanced the shit outa of it . so i retarted it a lil and now runnin better , i just want to set it with the timing light properly , im runnin 98octane in her ,
what the standard stock 4age 16v run?
and how much more can i advance her to get a lil more power out of it safely?
cheers guys

[Rice86]

run over ur friend with what ever power you got left after he stuffed it up

then set it to 0 on the plastic crank pully cover....you are talking about this right?...or u talking about the dizzy?..

time to flame...USE THE TEMPLETE FOOL!! =p

[Rice86]

oh and 10' is safe, ive ran 10 before and it works wonder, dont forget depends on engine condition

[1sik20valve]

yea . were r the markings?
on the plastic cover?
cause i couldnt see it .

[Rice86]

is the cover dirty?...most likely yes...

clean it and you should see a series of numbers directly where the crank pully is but on the plastic cover, looks something like this

"15, 10, 5, 0, 5, 10"

[1sik20valve]

ill check it out now ,
so i just set it to 10degrees? , and thats 10degrees advanced yea

[Rice86]

have to figure what ur mate did first to cause this power lose...
there isnt enough info to give a good idea of what he stuffed up if u know what i mean

[1sik20valve]

he just kept moving the dizzy around , clockwise and anti close wise .
then driving it around 2 see if it went better .

[Rice86]

ok that case..you dont need to touch the crank pully timing...

play with dizzy until u hear the car ideal nicely, thats it...if it ideals nice its pretty much as sweet as it'll get...if it starts to sound like its reving then its to advanced and if sluggish and pooping then to retarded...

[Jonny Rochester]

The specs say 10 degrees, with the check connector in.