28* initial timing for a 318? How can that be?

Maybe not, but he's "not used his own words" so much that I just wonder what he does know. I mean heck, I'm FAR from the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I can diagnose my way out of a good bit.
Might be safe to assume he is no smarter than any of us. Or not the sharpest knife in the drawer just like you and me.