Rotor/Reluctor Phasing Question

Reddartowner said

Well, we got the wires switched and the distributor re-phased. 12 degrees static timing. The idle is noticeably smoother than before, and we found that we can now hook up the vacuum advance without having the car stall (see http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=203029). But the vacuum advance adds about 28 degrees, so we'll be looking for a can with less advance. Didn't have a chance to take the car out for a drive today, we'll do that tomorrow. Definitely better......thanks everyone..!!!

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Just a note on what I exerienced.
The HEI ignition seemed to advance my timing due to the fuel igniting faster I guess, because I had a WOT ping that was not there before the change.
My base timing was still the same 14 degrees so I disconnected the vac advance completely and between the base timing and the weighted advance the total timing is just about 2 degrees before the ping at WOT.
(If I set the base timing at 16 it gets the wide open ping again) and I know for sure it's not running too lean causing the ping.


This is at 5,500 feet elevation on 89 gas.