Hard Starting After Warmed Up.....Arrrg

Cruzin said
OK ....I am an idiot..lol
I figured it out on timing that is. I didn't realize when I set the initial (idle) timing with vacuum advance disconnected and blocked that I am also supposed to bring the motor to 2700-3000 rpm's and take both those readings and add them together for my total timing.
So. I got 12° initial (idle) and 24° at approx 3000. That equals 36°..
Is this correct?
I was setting the initial timing with the vacumm blocked off (like I should), but I was putting the vacuum line back on the advance and the carb port and reading the timing at 3000 thinking something was wrong because it was pulling 50°+.
my apologies.
I am still having the hard start issue but the car does start a little easier, she just don't pop right over instantly. Kind of a slow start per say.
I guess putting in some non-ethanol will be the next step.
thanks for all the help and I am sorry about my confusion on the timing issue.

No worries you're not an idiot it is confusing at first, you are obviously learning though which is good some guys come on here and keep doing the same thing over and over again even with explicit instructions, they are the idiots.

When you read 24° at 3000 that IS your total initial + mechanical meaning your distributor only has 12° of mechanical advance. In that case you probably can try bumping up the initial even more until it kicks back against the starter. I'm curious how your mech advance is that low has the distributor been modified at all?

You're lucky you can get non-ethanol gas I think the only place I've seen to get it is a special gas station in south Denver that sells racing-octane-level and leaded gas and that's at least a 1.5 hour drive from where I live.