Stick with what you have. Remember, these motors were work horses. So they will run and run and run, even when not perfectly adjusted. Yes, my hopped up motors require a little more precision, but a stock motor, na, it was designed for reliability and ruggedness. Get it all cleaned up, make sure the lobes on the distributor are not rusted or rough, set the points to factory specifications, install it. Set the initial timing to tdc and get it started. Once started, you can tinker. These motors can usually take a few degrees of advance with today’s fuel. So if you want, get yourself a dial back timing light and start adding advance and see how the motor likes it. If it runs better and no pinging, you are good, if not, go back. No harm no foul.
Last edited by Dragsix; 05/07/2020 2:18 PM.
