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Propane has less energy per charge than gasoline. EA81 or EA82 engine? Anything you do will reduce the reliability. Cost a lot. Take a lot of time. To get small gains. Parts are rare, and getting scarcer. Install a 2.2EJ engine. A lot of work, but real gains in power and reliability in the engine. And parts are still available. 40% HP increase may not be good for the rest of the drive line, but many have done it.

We always check timing when changing anything with timing, it's just the right thing to do..Distributor timing will affect idle speed for sure too advanced it will idle higher too retarded it will idle lower. And as well the way i see it...sometimes even with a timing light we may not make the mark to factory specifications due to carbon build up on valves and piston heads and which in turn decreases the combustion chamber size i.e after I did my head gaskets I didn't get all the carbon off because I was in a pinch and there was alot so by setting to factory for a starting point I'm pinging because I'm firing early at factory settings because the the size has become smaller so I need to compensate by retarding at the distributor... and it becomes a drivability issue of watching temp, power and listening for pinging.... some pinging is normal but constant is not. I'm with Dave.. I had a idler pulley die, never noticed the whistle or whine but over period of 3-4 days it started screaming i thought it was the water pump bearing but nope same area though it's the one that is hard to get to below the alternator...

The emergency brake will sometimes fall apart like that; had it happen once creating a god-awful racket!