"" did you get this set up for your combo? or did you buy it used?""

I called FBO to buy a new distributor and I requested at least 24 degrees initial to keep my vacuum up. FBO explained that they "usually" try 18 initial and then bring in an addition 12 with the manifold vacuum on their SB setups. I like this setup better than my current 24 initial for hot startup reasons. The new distributor will crank with 18 degrees instead of my existing 24, then as soon as the engine starts it will kick in the extra 12 for idle. I can't wait to run it this spring with 30 degrees of timing at idle.

Thanks for the reply.