IIRC, you had just installed an HEI unit? How did you hook up the power lead? Did you use the factory power/positive lead wire for the points unit?
You can try hooking up yout vacuum advance to the carb port/port vacuum? (the one above the throttle blades), there will be no vacuum @ idle, but once you crack the throttle, you will get vacuum, just so you can see if your engine likes the timing to come in that way. This wont cure your lean condition when you stab the throttle, just something for you to experiment/play with.
