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I did as suggested. The timing is spot on. What I have discovered is that I have a very thin intake wall at the base. We doubled up on the gaskets and seems to help. Now while doing that and getting the car to run like it should we noticed my ballast resistor spring was glowing red hot. Not really sure if it's been doing that all along or just recently. It is a Mallory style resistor that has the two threaded connectors for wires coming off of my ignition box. I just happened to notice because it was at night and I could see the red glow coming off the firewall. What should my resistance be and what would be making it get so hot?
Glad you found some sort of issue that was fixable and makes some sense with the symptoms. And, I don't think folks think anything bad about your car.....it's machinery and machinery breaks!

Reading this says to me that the resistor was glowing red while the car was not running. Am I reading that right? The ballast and coil are not meant to be be on all the time; they are switched on and off constantly for each saprk when the car is running. They CAN be on constantly when the ignition siwtch is in the ON position but the car is not running. What kind of ignition system is this?