I talked to Tom Langdon, who shed some light on this. The distributor is from a 1985 Chevy S10 pickup. I gave Tom all my information on the car, except that I once again gave the wrong CAM, shucks. That led to the discussion again of the CAM being too big. I really have the Compcams 260H installed, which should be much better for what I want.
Tom said I should start with a much higher timing, 18. When I told him I was around 7 or 8, he said in a very funny way to add another 10. I believe he said I wasn't even on first base and to add 10 and and call him in a week. Of course, he said to run high octane with this advanced. I'm going to run an experiment now, I think, see if it knocks and if it runs better.
Tom said that the distributor curve would help a few %, but a smaller CAM would make a huge difference. I'll call him in a week and let him know how it goes and that I actually had the smaller CAM and see what he suggests.
mdonahue05, that's a great suggestion. I've heard about people who have the machinery to set up distributors. If it's really that I can just start with a higher timing to start with, I'll go that route.
