nice! iv'e been away from this site for some time, no good reason... i run a 195.6 OHV (iron) now, but i have a decent amount of experience with the 232/258 and its variants and vagaries... and some parts.
i've run a Weber 32/36 DGEV on both, have one now on my "hot" (sic) (ok warm) 195.6. the 258 fixed every shortcoming of the earlier engine, the only "problem" is that it's longer. it's a fine, fine motor.
i'm in Los Angeles. where are you?
i'm currently building a rambler roadster -- roofless, step-in, lightweight two-seater -- from a 1961 rambler american. a unibody roadster... wheels on the ground i hope in a few weeks.
you might consider cramming a Ford EDIS-6 ignition on the thing. you'll need a Megasquirt Lite Jr box to drive it, but man oh man... untouchably superior to a distributor, even an electric one. it eliminated timing jitter even at idle, and hearing a 195.6 OHV rev to 5000 is terrifying (not that it makes much more power than 4000).
