ok ok, grasshopper needs some schooling and ive researched a bit on this but havent found a answer that i understand. lol. higher boost and/or compression generally retard the timing...loss in power but defends against detonation...correct? with that said the first place i would start is definately with the ignition timing. now heres my problem. valve timing. with our contour we cant control this. ie no cam gears. but the ford cpu adjust spark curves based on(in conjunction of other sensors) the cam position sensor right? is the duratec pretty much screwed if you were to go to a stand alone system because we cant control the cams manually?
