I got the Ford distributor with the Pertronix 1 pickup installed and started it this evening. It is very happy at 35 degrees of advance at 3,500 rpm, falls back to around 14 degrees at idle.
Good part is it rips the tires loose at 20 mph in second, and climbs just over 6,000 in no time. In third it pulls really strongly from 2,000 to 6,000, and if I back off it doesn't backfire or pop.
Bad part, still diesels on shut down, and I have only 6 inches of vacuum at idle. It is also idling a little fast at around 1,000. My buddy suggested cooler plugs, but I note that the engine is running at the low end of the warm range. I will get an O2 sensor in it, and I have some messing with the carb to do, but curious about causes of dieseling and low vacuum.
Carb is a QFT SS 830, and the cam is not insane - it is a hydraulic roller, on a 445 with BBM heads:
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