26* mechancial advance, which is what this wonderfully useless distributor in OOTB form has, is not going to be good for anything mopar built that you'd expect to run well at idle and 34 total... is that better? 8* initial timing is ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. 8 + 26 = 34 Is that a good enough explanation why the curve sucks ***? :)
He mentions "For most setups you'd want to run initial timing at around 8 crank degrees BTDC." On what fricken planet is that good advice? Not planet Earth. Not even stock 318's like 8* initial. Maybe a smog tune up, then you aren't buying that thing either. Then just change the mechanical advance in the ad (crazy hot cam), on a distributor which it's not real easy to do... hmmmm.
I wouldn't spend that amount of money on a distributor, especially if it can be found for less money elsewhere needing the work that's required to run in a decent mopar engine. Garbage is what it is in stock form.
