That's low. Was the camshaft degreed? I'm guessing it was installed dot to dot. You could add a lot to that if you went in and degreed and advanced it some.
Yeah its dot to dot. I think the engine could take more timing because we can't get it to ping but instead it will start to stumble, like its starts to fire on the next cylinder. is there any way I can get more timing in it without taking the front cover and degreeing the cam?
sounds like you're doing the right thing for now just driving it and letting the little things pop up and fix them as they come along. I would be getting the overheating problem fixed...
It could be anything from a pluged thermostat to a bad tune...
The overheating problem has been coming back and biting me all year, I've replaced the coolant hoses, added a electric pusher fan, put the shroud back on and even bought a 6 blade fan to replace the stock 4 blade from the 318 and nothing has helped, it would be running at 210-230 after 20 mins on the highway. I've got a 3 core aluminum rad and 16" fan coming on Monday that should fix all those problems though
