# 5.0 302 mustang timing off ? ? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 26, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-0-302-mustang-timing-off/47471 "2008-04-26T13:13:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ak93cobra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@ak93cobra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ak93cobra)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-0-302-mustang-timing-off/47471/1 "2008-04-26T13:13:16Z")
hey… any guys with a 302 out there… what is your timing set at?? mine is definately off and i have the tools and timing light to reset it… i just dont know what to set it at. what are you guys running at??? any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-0-302-mustang-timing-off/47471/2 "2008-04-26T18:24:53Z")
10\* is the most common starting point on 87 octane. ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-0-302-mustang-timing-off/47471/3 "2008-04-26T18:29:03Z")
pop the timing switch out (knob, connector, whatever you want to call it), set at 10\* which is i believe factory spec. you can probably bump it up to 13\* and still be ok on 87, and can prob get away with 15\* on 93. if the car is stock, id just set it at 10\* ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-0-302-mustang-timing-off/47471/4 "2008-04-26T18:31:01Z")
Uh… mike… its called the SPOUT. noob. And, WHENEVER you’re setting timing on your car, you HAVE to pull the SPOUT. I’m sorry, I assumed OP was aware of this. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-0-302-mustang-timing-off/47471/5 "2008-04-26T18:32:41Z")
Looks like this: ![http://www.muscularmustangs.com/images/timing1.jpg](http://www.muscularmustangs.com/images/timing1.jpg) Heres a link with pics. For any other mustang noobs (like mike 😛 ) [http://www.muscularmustangs.com/timing.php](http://www.muscularmustangs.com/timing.php) ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-0-302-mustang-timing-off/47471/6 "2008-04-26T21:06:50Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > Uh… mike… its called the SPOUT. > > noob. > > And, WHENEVER you’re setting timing on your car, you HAVE to pull the SPOUT. I’m sorry, I assumed OP was aware of this. ive honestly NEVER heard of it referred to as a spout. i actually dont think ive ever referred to it as anything…just knew you had to pull it out lol. ---
**Author:** ![ak93cobra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@ak93cobra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ak93cobra)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-0-302-mustang-timing-off/47471/7 "2008-04-26T21:23:15Z")
ok… im running 93 now. the car is all of a sudden running like garbage… its missing pretty bad. so im really hoping fixing the timing will make it bettter. so you think go with 15?? ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-0-302-mustang-timing-off/47471/8 "2008-04-26T22:15:28Z")
your timing shouldn’t just… fall out. The car ran fine, now it isn’t. So unless someone fucked with the timing it should still be where it was. I think something else is wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-0-302-mustang-timing-off/47471/9 "2008-04-27T04:42:54Z")
if you’r trouble shooting, start with spec. Go to 10\*. Also, Jack is right… it shouldn’t just go bad, unless you didn’t tighten the distributor retaining bolt. Under what conditions is it missing? Certain RPM range? Or all over? Full throttle, or any throttle? ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-0-302-mustang-timing-off/47471/10 "2008-04-27T06:27:10Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > Looks like this: ![http://www.muscularmustangs.com/images/timing1.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/7/2/723d6da16e4d2671f1ccca1db34a8daebf281792.jpeg) > > Heres a link with pics. For any other mustang noobs (like mike 😛 ) > > [Checking, Setting and Bumping up your Mustang's Timing](http://www.muscularmustangs.com/timing.php) mine doesn’t look like that 🙂 i’m not really sure what mine looks like. lol ---
**Author:** ![ak93cobra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@ak93cobra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ak93cobra)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-0-302-mustang-timing-off/47471/11 "2008-04-27T12:30:48Z")
its missing all over the rpm band. i mean it ran fine… not its searching for an idle and missing at all rpms. its running like garbage… so i figured first thought would be timing. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-0-302-mustang-timing-off/47471/12 "2008-04-27T13:31:14Z")
Sure, can’t hurt check timing. Should be 10\* spout out. But, i maintain that it prolly didn’t change on its own, if it was fine before. Have you started looking for major vac leaks? Also an easy early step. ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-0-302-mustang-timing-off/47471/13 "2008-04-27T17:39:24Z")
check the vacuum leaks as nikuk suggested, and make sure you check all the little ones that are connected to the EGR and all the other emission shit (located between the passenger side wheel well and firewall. Those tend to get dry rotted and crack really easy. also when was the last time you changed the plugs/wire/cap/rotor? ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-0-302-mustang-timing-off/47471/14 "2008-04-28T04:44:53Z")
> [@MikeRi24](#): > > also when was the last time you changed the plugs/wire/cap/rotor? thats what it sounds like to me ---
**Author:** ![BDR5oh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bdr5oh/32/7315_2.png) [@BDR5oh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BDR5oh)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-0-302-mustang-timing-off/47471/15 "2008-04-28T05:18:53Z")
sounds to me like the timing chain jumped a tooth ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-0-302-mustang-timing-off/47471/16 "2008-04-28T05:40:26Z")
> [@BDR5oh](#): > > sounds to me like the timing chain jumped a tooth thats kinda what I was thinking. Was hoping for something easy tho.