Originally posted by Richard C.:
I would prefer not to have pinging, but I figure Ford will just retard the timing and I will end up with less performance.
Nail on the Head.
The last ASE magazine had a nice article about this.
Also both Taurus 3L's suffer the same "problem" The cure is to reflash (reprogram) the PCM with a slightly less aggressive spark & fuel curve to quell the detonation.
