OK, thats what i am going to dofirst thing the morning.
what is confusing me

is you say start at 16* is that with the vacuum advance hooked up or 16* set at the distributer, no vacuum advance hooked.
that just seems like a lot of advance. believe me, i know you know a hell of alot more about timing than i do, but it just seems like a lot of initial. I AM GOING TO DO THIS IN THE MORNING AND I WILL POST THE RESULTS.
THANX MIKE