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I've been sneaking the timing back closer to a proper initial


How much cam? Might need to go the other way to get the idle where you want it.. Crank the initial up and take some centrifugal out to get your total.

Sometimes if the cam is big enough I have had to locked the distributor out, set the total and roll with it.


67 Barracuda street/bracket car 11.27-119
68 Dart 502 BB 8.70s-152
414 cid SB Dragster 7.65-174