Distributor vacuum advance hitting intake.......

I know this will be a novel concept, but not all of us are using stock intakes, or stock distributors for that matter, so just saying that the only way to fix the issue is to follow the FSM to the letter is just a recipe for more frustration. Somehow it never dawned on the engineers at Edelbrock (or fill in your favorite manifold purveyor here) to make sure the aftermarket distributor (made by a different company) would not cause interference between company B's vacuum advance unit and company A's intake runner. Just try the stock distributor orientation with an Edelbrock STR crossram...