Hook up which ever port makes it idle the best. Ported or manifold vacuum act just the same once off idle, so it doesn't matter all that much. Manifold vacuum will have the port below the throttle shaft, ported vacuum will be above the throttle shaft.
Vacuum advance add timing on top of what the mechanical adds. The design of the distributor is exactly the same no matter what vacuum source is used. Read this, https://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/images/e/e4/Vacuum_Advance_Specs.pdf