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it SHOULD have insulating goo. the goo acts as a dampner and if its gone the knock sensor gets really really finicky.

by timing i mean check your true base timing. as in, with a timing light, on the crank pulley.

when you mess around with timing on the dsmlink it assumes you have the stock timing dead-on-the-nuts, or wherever else you want to set it if you decide to in the future.