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

No, I've never told anyone not to ask here. Although I have preached heavy about getting service manuals and the MP books. That's not about trying to get people to stop asking. It's about trying to help people LEARN. If someone hands you the answer, you learn nothing. If you read it for yourself and apply it, it's a whole different game.


EXACTLY.

Read it and then go do it and test it.