I've had someone offer to re-curve my distributor and I'm going to go that route, after I install the new vacuum diaphragm.

there might be some binding inside the distributor between the advance plates. So I'll see what I can do about fixing that problem too.

I did some calculation for the guy who is re-curving my distributor.
apparently when I rebuilt the motor I bumped the compression ratio up to around 9.3:1 but it.could be as high as 10:1 as I didnt measure the combustion chamber size of the heads when I rebuilt it. So my number is going off what ford says it's supposed to be.

with my choice of cam with a short duration and low octane I found the source of my knock noise when I advanced it to 16*.
looks like premium fuel is in my future. Oops.. oh and my drilled carb jet is probably a good thing now..

got the box of goodies.. the tailgate bumpers are cool..