Why so much inital timing???

So while yes, you could squeeze another .5 DCR out of it, in my opinion it's not worth it. That's maybe 5 horse? And when you are right on the edge like that, your tuneup better be SPOT on. And if you get a bad batch of gas from some sleezy gas station owner? Kaboom. It's a lot better to run a half point of DCR less, not worry about the whole 5 horse you lose, and not have to constantly worry about detonation. Especially on a street driven car. Especially in Cali, I hear you guys get **** gas out there.

That is exactly why the shop that built the heads opened up the heads to 65 CC's to give me under 10:1 and spec'd the cam he did. I'll dig up the cam card. If I recall, IVC was around 60 ABDC, which would put the DCR near 8:1, right. That's what we were shooting for. Cam has a 108 LSA and 104 ICL. I'll happily give up a couple HP numbers to run on crappy 91 CA pump gas in the middle of summer.