[jamaio]

Brent,

Thanks for your reply. My concern is overheating during a Christmas parade. I don't have a temperature gauge in my car, we were idling for about 2 hours in the parade. It wasn't until I got home that steam was coming from my overflow tube. I originally had my base timing at 3 degrees BTDC which gave me an total advance of 28 degrees. I bumped it up to 8 degrees BTDC before the parade. My engine is stock, stock compression head.

Would 3 degrees BTDC be enough to prevent overheating when in a parade?

We had 15 cars in the parade, 4 have the FSI distributor and 2 of those 4 have the Stromberg 97 and Burns intake. Only 1 car didn't make the trip, he had a fuel flow issue. I was the only one to blow water out of my overflow tube.

In my defense, I did not check my water level before the parade so it could have been low, this may have been my only issue.

Thanks,

John