Originally Posted by doug1222556

Nowhere in that article did it mention a total mechanical advance of over 42 degrees. The only time a figure over that was mentioned was with mechanical advance being too much and the figure of 46 degrees was stated as being way too much.

The 38-42 figure was for basically a stock engine with the numbers going down as compression increased.

If Basby is running 10:1 (which one poster said) 45 degrees total seems highly unlikely. The higher duration cams used a higher static timing, which is why welding up the slots or using smaller plates is the usual modification. So while 15* initial isn't out of the question adding 30 more seems unlikely to me, but I've been wrong before.

Originally Posted by gfw1985

I totally agree and thats what I said. Should be more like 32-36, but I still didn't find his ratio, just yours. My last post was for him, I should have quoted.

Originally Posted by bashby

i AM RIGHT AROUND 10:1, My truck should be pinging its a$$ off with the advance I'm running, but it doesnt. Thats why I think I may have something else going on, just not sure what it could be. I've only got 6-8 k on the motor since the rebuild. For cam timing I bought the earlier (70 or so) timing chain set and just lined up the marks, didnt check it w/ a degree wheel