A couple of things to keep in mind:
IMHO, the less starter fluid you use, the better. It has a tendency to scour the oil off the cylinder walls, which increases wear drastically. Once the engine starts, the oil film forms again, but starting an engine once probably puts more wear on it than driving it a hundred miles, because things aren't warmed up or lubricated correctly during cranking.
Second, be sure you lubricated the distributor cam with an appropriate lubricant. I did ignition tune-ups on a fleet of C-60 Chevys one night, and didn't have any lubricant. Didn't think anything about it. After about two days they started running badly and then just stopped. The pieces of phenolic that rubbed against the distributor cam to open the points were worn away to noting. Pretty embarrassing.
