Engine about 30 degrees over ambient..both sides are bout 2d retarded >1000mi after a rebuild and fresh belt.

Not bad..

 

Why warm engine?
Why retarded?
Why both the same?

May not bad, but good?

 

I let it sit another 30, re spun, 5-8 perfect, 1-4 needed reset 1 degree.

Both 0 now.

Cant answer whys, just measuring what it was with the 32v tool.

This image was before.

 

You should recheck again at 1500 miles, or whenever you adjust the factory manual belt stretcher, with a cold engine. No telling what the adjustment is now with a warm-ish engine. Make sure to spin the engine with the starter after adjustments to settle the belt. (Rotating by hand will not give you a true reading.)

Factory cold setting for all 32V is: 1-4 (-2), 5-8 0.



I personally adjust to 1-4 (-4), 5-8 0 (after I checked the cam timing while running).

 

It got tension checked too. Needed so so little Katie didn't think we should do anything. But we did.

It's been about 4 tanks of gas past the 350mi change. It's closer to 1400 than 1000..check ODO, I was just tired and typin numbers.

All back together.

 

assuming I remember correctly, retarded cam timing increases top end power, while advanced increases low-midrange. I know my old sharky was set slightly retarded by Marc Thomas and she ran hard up top...286whp on a mustang dyno is amongst the highest I ever saw, but her torque number was a bit low...269 ftlbs comes to mind.