What is the correct ignition timing for a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air

[Ptah]

327 cu. in. with a four barrel carburetor?

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Bullshit question, impossible to answer.

4 degrees before top center in 1964, however

[Ptah]

5. Winner!

Judge Haller: Can you answer the question?
Lisa: No, it's a trick question!
Judge Haller: Why is it a trick question?
Vinny: Watch this.
Lisa: 'Cause Chevy didn't make a 327 in '55, the 327 didn't come out till '63. And it wasn't offered in the Bel Air with a four-barrel carb till '64. However, in 1964, the correct ignition timing would be four degrees before top-dead-center.

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. Classic movie moment.

[Suburban Warrior]

2. Ask Marisa Tomei

She'll know.

[TheDebbieDee]

3. The timing on a Chevy small block V8 is typically set 6 to 8 degrees before Top Dead Center...

[Ptah]

7. Youtube has it:

[TheDebbieDee]

8. I Googled my answer...

[True Dough]

4. I believe it's 7 or 8

I consulted the lyrics to the theme from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air:

"I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8
And I yelled to the cabbie 'Yo holmes smell ya later'
I looked at my kingdom
I was finally there
To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel Air"

You're most welcome, Ptah!

[brush]

9. '55 Chevys didn't have a 327. They had a 265.

[denbot]

10. Let's see, if the angle of the dangle exceeds the well of the dwell..

On second thought, pass.

[Ptah]

11. Wow, I could have had a Slant 6