The distributor port should get zero vacuum at idle, and it should increase as the engine is revved up. I doubt if it will ever get quite as high as full manifold vacuum. For tuning purposes you need to monitor the vacuum at the manifold, not the distributor port.
Jerry

Last edited by Hotrod Lincoln; 01/06/2010 6:14 PM.
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