Has anybody heard of the term "pick up timing"?<br /><br />I am having this trouble when shifting from a stable idle and then into gear where the motor will die. To prevent this so I can get on top of the water, I need to idle fast and then rapidly shift into gear and hopefully it will pick up. On the average of one out of six tries and I can get going with this method. Once on the road it rips at W.O.T. and works just fine at intermediate throttle, including even an idle, but once again when I throw the shifter forward at a idle it will die, unless I play the fast idle shuffle game and then into gear! With these odds it is frustrating. Any suggestions?......L<br /><br />PS: BTW, the motor is a 70 Johnson 1987! I even increased the RPM's at a faster idle adjustment, but it still sruggles through to obtain a faster grip before it dies!