to advance or not to advance cam???

hay that sound logical i think thats spelled right...anything else you see moper give my your thought im a big boy i can take it...hahaha the m1 i may can try again..i also have a torker340 intake i forgot about it..its matched to 1 set of heads i have not sure which 1...
mike, the carb change first then what you might want to try before advancing the cam is open the lash up .004"-.008" to see if your hotrod responds to the change, if it does then advance the cam. also if you are running open headers try adding 18"-24" of collector on.