Stopping the knock: Lower compression and ported heads...

I read this and wondered if you left out something.
If I set the initial to anything less than 16 degrees, the idle suffered. If I ran the total up to around 30 degrees, the car knocked. I suppose that I may have been able to run the timing curve locked out but at what point would I set it ?

As with before, RRR has refused to respond to the question I asked several other times. He wants to bash me for not following advice but when I ask for clarification, he has nothing to say.
Regardless, the engine no longer detonates. Now I'm on to tuning and making the car a bit more "user friendly" for road trips. This includes quieter mufflers for sure!

No, I am done giving you advice after the nasty PM I got from you. You can wallow in it far as I am concerned.