I was told to retard the timing for easier starts.
Have the initial timing around 10 now and it seems to be a little easier starting. Still got nice throttle response. Weather is real bad so I won't be out there. Ya know I remember putting the vacuum advance off of my 292's dizzy and onto the 305....and it kept advancing and retarding the timing all by itself....I could watch the arm move back and forth and back and forth and the motor never found a happy medium. But this brand new dizzy in.....nothing....no movement period...I can rev the engine all the time...nothing.