Finally got my 360 magnum with Trick Flow heads running.

He said he set it to 52 and feels like 36..
I just don't think the ignition box would retard that much maybe a few degrees or something but not that much. I think something is off like the harmonic balancer...
Sorry for the confusion. But what I was trying to say is when I set the engine to 36 degrees with my timing light, the engine ran but not that great to me. When I set the timing to ear, checking it with my timing light it shows I was around 50/52 degrees ..