Looking to get a intense stage 1 kit and dont know how much to advance the timing 1,2,3,or 4 degrees. My car is all stock and want to get it to a stage 2 some day. Anything I should know before getting it. Any one who has a stage 1 do you like it-any problems??

Unless you plan to get a scan gauge I would leave the timing alone.

leave the timing stock, These cars have lots iof problems with knock.

I am Very well modded, and i run the "stock" gtp timing tables. I can only increase my timing with Race Gas.

I've also noticed the 2000+ seem to have more problems with timing then older engines. Or, perhaps it'* just me.

Xince you seem to be around the corner... If you'd like to stop by I can scan the car and get a base idea of how it'* doing before you hit up the mods.

That would be cool of you to scan my car, but I think I was misunderstood, what I ment by timing was WOT timing that intense would do to my PCM.

The WOT timing is the most critical. You don't want to advance that unless your scanning.

We actually understood you completely. A scan will tell us/you what is going on and if any additional timing is possible.

PM on the way.

Been having some tranny problems so took it to a reliable shop for a scan and came back with 1 code (dont know it) but was told it was taking longer then half a second to shift and sending this code to raise the pressure to componsate and causing my hard shifting--
my symptoms are when I drive in stop and go for a while my tranny starts to shift hard when its shifting hard I check the fluid and its way overfull, when I check it when its not shiftig hard the level is normal
ANY IDEAS

I am having the same issue and believe it to be related to a malfunctioning pressure control solenoid. I am going to install a performance shift kit, which will avoid those 1/2 second shifts that send the tranny into high pressure mode.

Others have suggested running Seafoam transtune through the tranny to see if it will correct a sticking PCS. Not sure if I am going to try that.