Timming Question

[OkieHenry]

1979 merc 200 I took the idle stabilizer off, I seen where they say if you remove the idle stabilizer you reset to 6 deg, but i've also seen where they say 21 to 24 deg.
where do i need to set the timming?

[fyremanbil]

If it's all stock, max timing at 25

[OkieHenry]

thank you