[COBALT]

Well, my real issue is that I spent forever trying to get good timing on this engine even with a timing gun on #1 wire. I know I could get it back, but I'd rather have a simple mark that saves me the trouble of trying to find out where that magical spot is on the damper that allows good solid acceleration without hesitation (which is what I had at 8 degrees -- where it was initially set). Now it's as far advanced as I can get away with, and it seems to be performing very well. Any more advance and my engine won't idle very well. Any less and my engine wants to hesitate badly when I give it stiff throttle...

I'm sure if I had a good intake/engine combo in the first place I wouldn't have this problem. Since I'm swapping identical intakes it seems logical that my timing would be exactly the same, but we'll see...