[NickRCarter]

Hi Randy, Had a chance today as the roads are now dry, to take the car out for a quick test drive. It ran very smoothly, no detonation and very very responsive. So at the moment I have 10 degrees initial, 24 degrees of mechanical + 20 degrees of vacuum.
I keep seeing information on SBC's running with an initial of 16+ degrees. From my limited experience, when I have advanced mine to just 13 degrees it kicks back when starting from warm.
Is there, in your opinion, any merit in running such initial figures and if so what are they?
I understand I could advance my initial to say 14 degrees and still stay in the appropriate total advance range. I could also overcome the kick back by using the anti theft ground wire on the MSD when cranking.

Nick