ok and i should be able to hear the spark knock at idle or rev....it will be a good tickin noise right?

 

it will sound like a rattle, when you are driving, under heavy accel

 

You can over time a low compression engine this way, especially if it's over cammed, cause it might not ping till you're way past your ideal timing settings. Might never ping at all.

Best way is to use a stop watch or go to the track. If you go with a stopwatch, don't do it in 1st so wheelspin doesn't throw things off. Better to do it in 2nd from say 2k - 5k. As you crank in more initial timing, you have to be careful you don't get excess total timing > 3k rpm. You also have to experiment with the curve to try and bring in timing as quickly as possible.

Tuning is a lot of work, but it's the difference between a car that runs 15.7s and one that gets well into the 13s.

 

ok we have another problem....we took it to get it emmissions tested and its way rich....and we have a miss in the motor. i pulled all the plugs and they seem to look fine...whats the best way to test the plug wires...they seem to all be in good shape still. i know the carb needs tunnin done. but im not sure about the miss.