Johny,
I got confused. You said 48 D'oe The comments I made were for snake as he apparently has an engine which with his cam runs a lot of initial advance.
As far as my response to you, all I am saying is that you put out that the problem was too lean. Agreed it could be. I took issue with this. Here this is what you said.
" Your pinging because over heating or low octane or timing is to retarded "
Not one person so far has said the timing is TOO RETARDED. Geez. If you meant to say TOO ADVANCED then no foul. And I clearly stated the engine runs cool.
As far as my knowledge? I know basic physics. And the higher the octane the more uniform and slow the burn. Thus the higher you go in octane the more advance you can dial in to a point.
I also took issue with your vacuum comment. I took your comment to indicate that you either have vacuum or mechanical advance. If that is not what you were implying then my bad.
Bottom line. I know engines I just have not worked on any in a long time, and as far as initial and total advance I need some help. I also have never dealt with an engine that is running what I think is a 3/4 race cam.
No I am not an expert, but I can read and I am a fast learner. You said some things I took issue with. I suspect you feel offended. That was not my intent. My sincerest apologies. If I read something you post that I do not agree with I will keep it to myself.
I just want my car to run right and not blow a hole through a piston or burn valves. I have no problem with being wrong. In my business it happens all the time.