Hello,

I have been playing around with the timing on my van trying to balance
between power and cool running temps.  I am curious if there is a consensus
on what the best overall advance is for an air cooled 2.0 engine.

If I set the timing by the book at about 7.5 degrees at idle it advances to
about 48 degrees overall.  It seemed like I could hear pinging at that
setting and that it disappeared when I changed the timing to 5 degrees at
idle.  Head temps dropped and there was no noticeable change in power from
7.5 to 5.  I am currently running 4 degrees at idle but haven't noticed
power or temp changes from 5 degrees.

Thanks,

Jonathan Poole
83 AC Westy