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It isn't a necessity to have an advanced fire timing but it can help if you want to run engines at higher ends but you can suffer power at the lower ends. It's important to time your ignition between retard and advance, but it depends on the application you are running the engine on.

Passenger cars should run a little retarded timing or at tdc (top dead center) because the engine can warm up a bit faster if the engine runs retarded. Older cars use something like a vacuum timing system so they can run retarded and the vacuum from the intake manifold can turn the ignition coil slightly advanced to have a better power curve.

Motorcycles should run a bit advanced so they don't run lean at top ends. And since the engine is considered small, they have enough response time to allow advanced timing while having enough low end power.

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