[gsharapa]

You are correct............the total of initial advance (where it is set at idle) plus what advance in the distributor would equal the total advance above 3,000 rpm or where ever it stops advancing. I ran most of my small block at 34 to 36. If you don't have a dyno run the engine up until it stops advancing and then set it at 34 total and see how it idles. Then you could move it up a bit and try that...