LD340 Can’t Get The Carb Base To Seal

View attachment 1715593544 View attachment 1715593545 Ok, I’ve installed a new thick carb gasket and studs, re-routed the PCV plumbing to the carb base and replaced the plastic fuel filter with a metal one, I can say that it runs MUCH better, it still isn’t quite right yet, but it is better.
After putting these parts on, I tried to dial the timing in and discovered that I’m getting no advance from the distributor, I have it set at 10 degrees BTC at idle and it stays at 10 degrees when increasing the engine speed. I’m using and old MOPAR Prestolite tach drive distributor that came with the engine and am using a stock coil and wires and one of those blue hi rev ignition modules.
I’m going to replace the distributor with something newer / better, what’s a decent distributor to get for a car that’s just going to be street driven?

It’s been 40 plus years but if I remember correctly some of the Mopar race distributors had the advance fixed.

We used to set our timing at all in and then spin the motor over before applying power to the coil so you didn’t have a hard time cranking the car.

Maybe someone still has their old DC bible and can rummage through it.

Cliff Ramsdell