... I'm not poo-pooing a hefty initial advance on an FE. It is a bit outside the traditional norm, but I don't think any of us really have a truly traditional FE anymore. If you can crank & start with 20+ initial, with no detonation, heat, or other issues, then I'm all for it. But I do wonder whether or not that might have contributed to your flywheel's toothless grin.
