Cost of setting timing, on a V8 ??

I know it seems high. But if he spent two hours, then it seemed fair to him. Its hard thing to second guess. Besides the whole 'what's his time worth', there is the matter of knowing what to do. Alldata doesn't go back that far, nor do underhood stickers. Unlikely he has a shop manual or even a Mitchels that covers it. So he
s got to do some digging and or figuring to know what to set it for. Not stock (and obvipously the carb isn't). Well then, maybe some more time to get a feel for it, listen to how it sound, etc. if he's being dilegent.
Now a guy who works on these a lot, different story. Get it warmed up, check everything out and have the tools put away in less than an hour.