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OK I have now cut mechanical to 5 degrees 10 at the crank. This allows me to run around 24 to 25 degrees initial. The cam likes it much more. Now I can get it to idle at a little under 1000 RPM and it drops to around 800 in gear. Vacuum is definitely low. Like 6 inches maybe. The needle bounces so much it is hard to tell. I was also able to get an adjustable vacuum can. It is marked 11 so likely I will have to limit it. The other thing is unless I change when it kicks in, I can not run manifold vacuum. It kicks the timing way up at idle. So I hooked to ported vacuum and the engine likes it a lot more. The car is on jacks and the master cylinder is out right now, so I have to depend on the emergency brake to hold it in gear and I can not do a stall test on the converter. Pretty sure it is the stock converter. Once I get it back on the road I will get some long vaccum hose and put a tee in the line so I can see what kind of cruise vacuum I get. Then I can fine tune the can to that. It is a lot better than it was, but the real test will be how it does on the road. Mopartech may help me do some work on the carb to help deal wth the low vacuum at idle. Something about cross drilling and power valves. Sounds like fun.