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Originally Posted by steve25

Do this simple test out.

1). Get the motor fully warmed up.

2)advance the initial timing at idle until the start has a hard time cranking the motor over, I mean a noticeable hard time.


3). Back 4 degrees of timing off of whatever that is .

4). Take the car out for some full throttle romps while listening for ping .

Are you smiling maybe now after the test drive?

Actually, this right here is a simple tune method! Love it. Most distributors add 20-22 mechanical. And I have found that the starter chug point on my engine takes place at about 18 degrees initial. So using the above method, the initial gets dialed back 4 degrees. So you end up with 14 initial, 34-36 total. Vac advance adds whatever 12-15 degrees you want. But this will make an engine run.

I run 14 init, 20-22 mech, with somewhere around 12 or 14 for vac advance. So I can validate that what Steve points out is in perfect alignment with my timing.

Thank you Steve. Gonna put this in my back pocket. With that, you don't even need a very accurate timing tab or balancer mark.