Alright i'm going to try out the 89 octane with my timing set at 17 degrees and shoot for those numbers today. I'll post how the difference was and what I accomplished. Thanks guys
Ok so I went and did the timing to what I believe is 17 degrees. I'm kinda stuck though because when I disconnected the tps and followed the instructions on how to adjust the timing, I got two different timing readings. I first checked the timing b4 doing anything to the car just to see what it was at. It was reading like at 5 degrees. So then I went along with the instructions and when I disconnected the tps, the timing was reading a lil higher than 20.... I then adjusted the timing to 17 and reconnected the tps. Now it was reading at like 0... Why is this happening? Whick reading should I go by?
I'm pretty sure you need to do more than just disconnect the TPS to get it into timing mode. I don't think the ECU can pull that much timing for idle control though... Was it warmed up and idling smooth at 850 rpm?
Edit: Are you a bad enough dude to time your car by ear?