Waking Up a Turd

I didn’t see where you had the initial/total timing set. Your current combo should be faster as it sits. 60 ft times is killing it. My old stock ‘89 D150 with 360, single exhaust and 3.21 gears went 15.3’s. Just to give you a comparison for your potential
He mentioned 18* initial. I’d like to know if he limited the total after bumping it. Or, maybe it was curved previously?