[For Paw]

Hey Brent, just to put things in the right light, there was never a question of how much timing advance in by 3000. it was built with 38 at 3000, but i could not get the idle to stick at 1000 rpm or even 1100 when things heated up. So Since no amount of carb tuning could compensate, I bumped up the initial to 18 from 12. It made a huge difference in idle. Then, I had the dizzy recurved, because what i had done is advance the entire timing curve by bumping the initial. All they did was recurve to allow for this much initial. The problem came when I re-installed the dist. and i thought i was timing to 18 at idle when i should have been timing to the 38 degree mark at 3000 and let the initial end up where ever was in relation to the new curve.

So I guess that is what I am asking-does this sound correct-set the timing for 38 at 3000 and the initial should take care of the idle issue now that it is higher. The bonus is it should also run cooler with more initial and i should have more power throughout the curve. The engine seems to like about 18 or so.

Thanks