On my Coronet, adding a bunch of timing at cruise speed dropped the fuel consumption by a bunch and the car ran smoother and cooler. No loss of power and no pinging since the extra timing drops off as soon as the manifold pressure increases. Very simple to do with a Sniper and you'll notice the benefits immediately.
Not trying to be a smart a$$ here, just trying to learn. Isn't this the same thing a vacuum advance distributor does? Or does Hyperspark distributor and/or Sniper do this with more finesse or control in some way? Thanks.
If you ever try to build a full custom timing curve in a distributor you'll know what a huge pain it is. You have to mess around with weights, slots, vacuum pods, and springs on a distributor machine. It can take hours to get it correct. With the Sniper software you just type the numbers you want into the table and you are finished. Some stuff such as high speed retard or start retard you can't do with a distributor. With the Sniper you just tell it what advance you want during cranking. If you want high speed retard you just change the numbers in the table.
