My car only pulls 6 inches at idle in park, 5 in gear. I used a vacuum gauge for that, and to set the curb idle adjustment screws.

The cam is somewhere north of 250 intake duration at .050" lift on a solid roller lifter setup. The only vacuum line on the whole car is from the back of the carb to the PCV. The power brakes are run by an external electric pump. The engine just doesn't make much vacuum.

I have an MSD Billet dizzy and MSD 6AL ignition, so no points here. I have a good timing light, but here's what is funny. I didn't even think to use the dial back function! It's been so long since it has seen the light of day, I forgot about that! So, now that you've jogged my memory, I can get my total timing without worrying about the marks

I think it'll be a lot better with the right torque converter too. I admit I know dang near nothing about setting them up, I'll have to leave that to the experts. I'd really rather put a TKO 600 in it, but I don't know if that's in the cards anytime soon.