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For years, I had only a dumb timing light. I timed by ear, vacuum and seat of pants. It ran fine (my engine is only 18 years old). A year ago i got a smart timing light, found out that i had been running at about 35 BTDC. Seemed excessive to me. Also found that the advance diaphragm on my 60...

Whenever I'm adjusting timing I'm also adjusting carb idle speed and idle air...

Advance your timing to the point where you can make it "ping" on an uphill climb, then back it off a bit. Or, advance to your best vacuum, then back itoff a bit. Or both. You can "clock" you dizzy body to anywhere you like to avoid interfering with oil filters, you have to pull the dizzy...