Recommended total engine timing

You’d have to ask him if he actually went to a dyno and developed a curve.

Because you can NOT get around the physics of less timing at peak torque.

He might be adding timing because the box is retarding.

I don’t get why they need all that timing to make an engine idle.
Just curious how much et/mph or HP/trq you picked up going from a locked out distributor to one with a curve.