I had an engine biulder tell me to retard the timing once running to keep heat down . It seemed to make sense.. I was concerned about bluing my new dougs headers.
What do you guy think?
I had a guy bring me a single axle dump to tune with a 366" BBC that he had put shorty headers on for a little more power.......It was a stone, and when I got back from the test drive, 4 inches of pipe off the heads were glowing red. He had set the initial timing at 8* ATDC instead of BTDC. It actually liked a little more then 8 BTDC, but I was cautious considering the load it may encounter.
