Hello! I installed a GT2560R on my 96 Miata, full Kraken Turbo Kit with 640cc injectors (93 octane, stock motor with 78k miles). The car has been running great, and I'm using a Mac solenoid to control my boost that I've got at 10psi. However, so far, I have my entire timing table above 100kpa at 10 degrees because I am deathly afraid of blowing up my motor. (Yes, I do understand this is extremely conservative)
I have a few questions.
1. How should I go about tuning my timing table above 100kpa without having a means of monitoring knock and without a dyno?
2. Would it be realistic to expect to be able to tune my car using a virtual dyno? (Ideally 220whp, as I've heard 240-250 is the upper limit for the rods, unless I am mistaken)
3. How should I go about making a tune that is going to be safe during summer and winter, as I am located in Texas, where the weather is bipolar, and it can be 99 degrees one day and 50 degrees the next.
4. Is 10psi too much or is it within the 8-10psi range safe?

Thank you all so much. Any input is greatly appreciated.

 

Small update to the ignition table. I've been doing some research, and I have it retarded 2 degrees per 1.5psi of boost, as that's roughly how I have my table incremented. I'm assuming this should be safe, and I don't want my EGT excessively high due to extreme ignition retard. I've attached an image below of my current ignition timing table, and answers to these questions would be great.

1. How should I go about tuning my timing table above 100kpa without having a means of monitoring knock and without a dyno?
2. Would it be realistic to expect to be able to tune my car using a virtual dyno? (Ideally 220whp, as I've heard 240-250 is the upper limit for the rods, unless I am mistaken)
3. How should I go about making a tune that is going to be safe during summer and winter, as I am located in Texas, where the weather is bipolar, and it can be 99 degrees one day and 50 degrees the next.
4. Is 10psi too much or is within the 8-10psi range safe (with this timing table)?
5. Will the new timing table make it so that with 8-10 psi, I would be making too much hp?
a. How do I find the balance between timing and boost, while being safe? I would like to run 220whp (which I head is safe on stock bottom end with 93 octane).
6. Should I run wastegate with the timing table I have now, then slowly increase the boost and log runs in virtual dyno until I am at my desired horsepower, or what would be the safest approach?

 

Sentiment in your other thread was that you were at least okay and possibly too conservative with your ignition table there, and now you've pulled timing even further in boost.

For what it's worth, this is Braineack's 94-97 basemap rebinned to match yours:

 

Oh dang. I really appreciate that! I never knew just how much I was conserving. Is that pretty well known to be a starting point or a final tune? I did searching but I was never able to find Braineacks ignition map.

Thank you!