Yes, well, if there are codes present you need to fix whatever is causing them first, but yeah you've got the jist of it. There are some issues for which a code may not show up which will cause a drastic change in timing to kind of hide the symptoms, such as a bad AFM or ECU coolant temp sensor... Might be worth testing them to make sure they're all up to the specs listed in the TSRM.
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