I see that some people have their timing advanced. I looked at my Haynes on how to do this, but it's not clear. How exactly do you advance it, and is it worth it on our cars?

Hello Retard:D

I hope this helps http://www.se-r.net/engine/about_timing.html

get rid of the Hayes POS book.. and get a REAL factory FSM

and ya.. first place you should've checked is SE-R.net.. that's this topic came out about 3 times a week we should have a sticky for this.