My /6 is a gas pig when it's cold outside. Why?

Sounds like you're having fun. Advance the timing more.

Lots of fun. Thanks.

I will advance the timing this weekend.

Just curious, if it's ok to advance the timing so much over the factory setting, why was the factory setting at 2 1/2?

Checked my records. I put a new t stat in last year when I bought it. 180 : )

And for the record, when I say this car had been butchered I mean, there is no emissions junk, the a/c and related components are gone, washer bottle and wiring gone, electronic ignition and wiring gone. It's stripped down to the bare essentials, which is kind of cool, but took some doing to sort it all out.