You can see my mods in my sig, I am looking for a little more high RPM power and was curious if i could run any more advance with studs and a marine gasket without too much of a risk of blowing the head gasket. I was thinking maybe 20* what do you guys think?

 

my friend is running 24* on his truck with stock bolts and a marine gasket. It has bd injectors, 191 dv and a stock charger. he made 390 hp on dunbars at diesel mania over the weekend. it hasent poped the head in over 50,000 miles. when i get some more fuel and a charger my timing will also be set that high. Another buddy runs 28* on a marine gasket and stock head bolts. and brian block actually recomended 28* for big horsepower. the marine motors run 22* so i would feel safe running 24* on a truck with marine gasket and studs as long as drive pressure is kept in check and your not making more than 50 psi on that killer b2 it should survive.1:1 is 45 with that charger.

 

Awesome, thanks......that is what i was hoping to hear!!!

 

stock HG prob about 16-17 is getting into trouble. i know of a n 800 hp ctd that only had 21 degrees. the more timing the more you need to keep the rpms up, lugging is hard on the pistons and bearings. josh

 

What could I get away with on mine? It's at 16.5 deg now. I have the stock headgasket and headbolts, an htb2-64 14 cm, and boost is at 42 pounds. I guess there's not much room left for more timing?

 

I wouldn't itme it any higher until you get it studded, I'm runnin 28* right now with my setup.