stumble/hesitation

yep. may not be it, but it only takes 5 minutes to try it, and you don't have to go out to buy a gauge.

you need a vac gauge anyway though.

True. Bumping up the timing helped when I was in the same situation.


Anybody know what the correct initial timing should be? I tried 10 degrees and 12 degrees btdc?

I do believe 10-12 is about right. Somebody else may want to confirm this.