Timing for electronic ignition upgrade

Good day all. The 340 in my 68 Cuda formula S had been converted to Mopar electronic ignition, orange box, prior to my acquiring and restoring it. I had read somewhere when converting from the old dual point dist. to electronic, the initial timing setting needed to be advanced from the factory 5' BTDC, which is where it is now. Has anyone else heard of this idea? If so, does anyone know what the timing should now be set at? I have not touched the engine other than attempting to repair the never ending rear main drip, so not sure what may have been done inside. Compression is fairly good at 145 PSI. My previous experience with 340's was as snappy engines reasonably quick off the line. This engine is quite slow to wind up and wondered if it might be running somewhat retarded.
It might need a quicker advance curve. There's many threads about that here in the site in the ignition forums or use the search bar. If you aren't handy with that sort of thing, Halifaxhops here on the site is a expert on distributors. He has a dist. machine and can fix you up.