[blykins]

Generally, retarding the cam timing makes the engine a little more fussy down low. Harder to tune, a little more "rough around the edges." I usually run my street engines on a 104-105 ICL. The guys that own these engines tell me how much snappier they are down low in comparison to other engines they have owned. Advanced cam timing makes an engine much more sweeter to cruise around in.

Will it make that much of a difference so that it will be more docile on the bottom end? Probably not. Anything above 300 hp in these cars produces traction control issues.