When I was a kid and my big brother used to take me to the drags in Amarillo, Texas I remember one when a Shoe Box Ford turned a time no one could believe. I don't remember the time but they made him pull the intake and heads. He was legally stock, but that was the first "stock" race car we had ever seen. From bumper to bumper that car was all competition. It fitted the rules barely and exactly. Striped of everything not required and maximum clean up bore, head and valve work. From your post I can see you headed there. You can probably run around 36* total advance and I'd have it come in by 1200 rpms maybe sooner. Beater
