tuning

all sounds like great advice. I agree with 67Dart273, don't rely solely on your dial back timing light. I used mine and at idle it was correct but when I degreed the balancer it seemed the timing light was off at higher RPM. I suggest degreeing the balancer with timing tape, don't paste it on there (it will fly off) just put some marks at 15, 35 and 55 BTDC, (which are good settings for initial timing, total initial+mechanical advance, and all in initial+mechanical+vacuum advance), then buy a nice static light from ebay and check the timing. My timing numbers on my 360 are 18 initial, 36 total and 55 all-in (or 50, I'm not sure I'd have to check LOL)