Been on and off and I missed this thread too, just caught up on it. wow, I'll join the crowd with the comments - why can't you live closer!?! I'd be over there tomorrow!
So what's the verdict on the timing? I'll have to say I feel left behind in the times with this discussion of all in timing and new timing lights that have these digital settings on them. I guess I'm still lost in the past with disconnecting the advance, connecting the tach, and setting the dwell to 30 and the initial timing. unless I missed it, you're still running points correct? (all my cars still run points, I still don't see the benefit to HEI for a regular street driver) One thing I keep seeing is the 12 BTC being tossed out there for initial timing. I've got a pair of AC Delco factory tune up manuals. The 1969 manual says all 67 were 6 degrees btc, the 71 manual shows 67 400 at 9 degrees so not sure why they changed that but they didn't get into the 12's until the low compression motors in 71. Just be careful that you don't get yourself into the over advanced land that you get it running right where you want it and create the dreaded "hot start" issue that everyone then mis-diagnoses as a bad starter or cables when it's really an over-advanced timing situation.
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