Ebay GT45 + 5.9 Magnum + E85 blow thru

Next step is to introduce timing control. I've had a helluva time trying to get E85 to run good at idle and off-idle and just figured out the other day I'm not giving it enough timing at idle which was causing a huge bog/flooding condition when going off idle. I bumped up the timing to 18* at idle on my HEI ready-to-run distro and it's a whole new beast! Problem is, that puts me at close to 40* total timing when the mechanical advance kicks in. That will be way too much under boost. So, I'm looking at converting an old 2 wire distributor I had lying around to a locked advance, installing the old ballast and coil and trying to control the timing from the Fitech. We'll see how it goes.
Ordered my distributor from Johnny at Pace today. Played a little more with the HEI and the timing gun and this engine definitely wants 18* at idle. Throttle response with the Fitech is super crisp. I even leaned out the AFR to gasoline ranges at 14.x and the E85 seems comfortable there. Can't wait to have the flexibility of being able to pull timing under boost. I'll feel much more confidant turning up the pressure.