I have tried literally everything to get this HEI to work. Going to put points back on tonight. Will see what happens.
During today's troubleshooting the distributor was getting really hot. Seemed more so than normal. At this point I have swapped distributors, coils, spark plugs, ignition modules, wiring harnesses, run all kinds of bypasses and jumpers, so I don't know what else to try. Its always the same. Starts and idles like a champ, sometimes I can rev it up cleanly with car in park but as soon as i put a load on it runs like garbage and backfires. Well at least the overcharging issue is fixed.
