well I went and fired the truck up, today.
After driving it down the road, I noticed that when I let up MOST of the way on the throttle, it had a very small burst of power.
so I advanced the timing a bit, and VIOLA.......the difference was like night and day. It has literally, twice as much power as before.
now just to see if the milage as better than 9mpg
I appreciate all the input from everyone over this thing.