Rebuilt 318 install problem

PRH said
IMO, it sounds to me like you’re at the point where it’s time to start swapping parts, especially since it would appear the distributor and module aren’t “known good” parts.
“New” doesn’t really mean anything....... other than you don’t know if it’s good or not.
There seems to be a lot of junk ignition stuff out there.

Any friends nearby with an old points distributor laying around you could borrow?

I guess we’re all assuming the reluctor air gap is correct.

I did check and set the gap to .008

Sadly, this is my first MOPAR build and all the car people I know are Chevy people. I feel like I have a MOPAR curse on me. I have a 69 Camaro, that I built and a 54 Ford that I wrench on and I have never had such a frustrating/confusing problem with either of those vehicles. I know the ignition is basically the same in theory but this is truly killing me.

The worst part is this is a father/son project, my son saved up and bought this himself. It is a 1970 Dart (with a 72 front clip) that was a /6 manual drum brake car with a 7 1/4 rear SBP. We bought a donor car, a 1974 Dart SE and swapped the K member with sway bar, rebuilt the front end, power disc brakes, 8 1/4 rear, pulled the dash and engine harnesses and went through them and had the engine rebuilt adding some little items like the Edlebrock intake and carb. And I can't get this! I feel pressure like I'm letting him down.........it's the crazies thing. If you would have asked me about setting the timing on this, I would have said "no problem!" Now I know better.

Thank you