Too much timing?

I don't know. Maybe "lost his mind" was a little tough. Johnny's pretty particular about how he does things. You ever seen his under hood shots? Chit man, I wanna go over and eat pizza with him right off the valve cover. His attention to detail is fantastic.....if his stuff runs good where he has it set, I believe him. He just needs to understand there's more than one way.

I understand there is more than one way Rusty.
What I'm saying is that you don't have to pump so much timing into a car just to stick your chest out and say look at me, I have 20 initial. Maybe for a quarter mile blast. Backing it down a couple clicks will give you an all around much better running motor, that will also last much longer. No hiccups with the starter, no pinging, no knocking, no burnt pistons, and an overall cooler running engine. I also can run 87 in my cars, Have you seen gas prices in California ?
I'm sure Kevin will get it sorted out. :)
Thanks for the nice comments.