School me again... first time tuning a BB

cast iron, open chamber heads are going to be a problem. you'll just have to tune around them. run premium fuel and back off the timing until it doesn't ping. the retarded timing makes them run poorly with a performance cam which is why many people get rid of the cast iron heads.

Will do. I’d like to get the Edelbrock when budget allows. What would be a good starting point with timing? I should note that it’s only having an issue under load. In the garage it revs just fine. Not sure if that relevant or just normal. Like I said... newbie...