That's were I set the initial timing on the 355 too. After I figured out what the engine liked I did set the base timing back to 0. Initial SA in the scalars is 0 but the way I read it is you match that setting with what you have set the dist. to. In all of the unmodified .bins I've looked at 400 RPM and 100 MAP is a negative number and I figured it was like kick starting a panhead,you never want spark advance or you wind up with a sore leg. Once the engine is running it will never see those conditions. I can set 400 and 0 to 16 and see if it kicks back against the starter,just the push of a button.I don't think you need to do that, FWIU the ECM doesn't use the SA tables until it gets feedback of 400+ RPM but, I may be wrong. It starts a zero SA unless you change the "SA-Initial SA" (in SCALARS) and set your Initial Timing with the EST Bypass wire disconnected. This way, you wont be throwing of your entire SA Tables by having the distributor at something other than zero. As an example, mine actually likes 10° on Initial Timing.
Yeah,I think I'll leave that turned off. I thought I might like the added engine braking but deceleration is much smoother without it.Good to hear
I don't care for DFCO - it acts too much like a "Jake Brake". Unless you plan on pulling a trailer in the hills
Can't get it to work,any tips?Try it, you'll like it Take a table and play with it. Change a row or column, highlight the whole table or part of it, and "Interpolate X, Y, or XY" If it comes out weird, don't save the table and try again - fun stuff!
Doctor-doctor, give me the news. I've got a, bad case of tuning blues.Yep, you're on your way to catching the disease.