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Well maybe this will make you feel better. I have had at least 20 smallblock Chevys, and out of the 20 I have had maybe 3 that you could set on 8 degrees btdc and they would run right. Most of them I have had to advance the timing till it was completely off the timing tab to get them to run right. Now most of these motors were used and who knows what kind of mismatched parts I was dealing with, but it has got me to the point where I don't even use a timing light. I aways just advance the timing till it "pings" under full throttle, then retard it till it just stops. If the starter doesn't kickback with this setting thats how I run it. I bet my timing light has 2" of dust on it. lol
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72 GMC Sierra SWB almost finished---- 84 Softail
Olive Branch MS
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