timing issues

hi, you don't state which dist you have. so, if it's a mopar dist, the counter weights are in a slot with springs attached to them. I had same problem when I installed my mopar perf dist. I measured the length of the slots in both dist. the perf had 3/16 longer slots, versus my orig dist. I shortened them to same length as orig. end of problem. with a longer slot, the centrifical advance goes way up. the shorter slot prevents this. you can set total timing at crank and it will stay where you set it.