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    Set TOTAL timing at 4000 rpm, let the initial timing be what it ends up at (probably be 12-16°), if it idles too high (carb won't adjust down), move the vacuum advance from manifold to ported. Adjust your mechanical to be all in by 2500 rpm. AND HOLD ON....

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    Quote Originally Posted by 36 sedan View Post
    Set TOTAL timing at 4000 rpm, let the initial timing be what it ends up at (probably be 12-16°), if it idles too high (carb won't adjust down), move the vacuum advance from manifold to ported. Adjust your mechanical to be all in by 2500 rpm. AND HOLD ON....
    If I set my mechanical to be all in at 2500, is it necessary to go all the way to 4000 with a timing light? Wouldn't it be the same as 2500?
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