I dont want to hijack the thread.But have some ? myself.I have been reading along here and am a little confused on this timing issue.I am also running a sbc 350 stock motor with and edelbrock 650 carb and a ready to run MSD dist.No box.If I set the timing to 16 with the advanced on the dist disconnected.Then connect it after thats done. I had 36 at idle@650RPM.Is this correct.