| I have sport 500s at 12 PSI and have been chasing down why my car is barely (half a car length) faster than a crippled 2+2 NA. I went through everything, and then read a post about how the CAS bolt is suppose to be in the middle. I checked mine and it was very close to the end of the left side. I banged it back to the middle and started the car, revved it a couple times, all sounded fine. Took it for a spin, it was MUCH more powerful than before. Also no backfire or weird noises. Ran it hard and then checked temperatures of engine with infrared temp gun. Everything was fine. No abnormal sounds even with revving it to 5K. Checked timing with a brand new timing light from Autozone, it says 35 degrees using the loop. The light won't work at all when using #1 coil pack, and I did pull back the rubber cover pretty far. The wiring harness has less than 5K miles on it. I moved the CAS clockwise until the bolt was almost (but not all the way) to the left, and it read 20 or 25 (can't remember) so I assume to get to 15 I'd have to bang it all the way left.
Obviously, I think my timing light is defective or the loop is giving bad readings.
My questions: how would the car run if it was actually on 35 degrees? and is it possible my timing belt skipped a tooth or something?
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