Base Timing Questions

Ron,
The easiest way in your situation to have your cake.....& eat it.....is to use vac adv connected to manifold vacuum [ MVA]. Aggressive cam? Could need as much 45* of timing at idle. You would do that by using 20* initial & adding 25* with MVA & an adjustable VA unit. And yes, idle AND off idle response will be noticeably better...

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