33 Degrees timing in 406SBC on Methanol???
Looking for some input on timing on a 406 sbc. We switched to methanol this year (750 carb with mechanical fuel pump) I think we have about 164 jet in the front and 170 jet in the rear. Our plugs show color, but there not black or anything. The people (Shafiroff) we bought the short block said that we shouldn't run anymore than 33/34 degrees of timing??? With our gas motor we ran anywhere from 38-40 degrees of timing to make it run the best. Our cam is degreed 2 degrees. We don't want to hurt the motor by running too much timing....is this possible? Some other people we talked to at the track actually said to run more timing with methanol?? Any input will help....thanks in advance. Derek