Stupid Distributor Questions

so it pings a lot more under load?

Skinnier primary rods will richen it up.

So you know, if it was an extreme case of lean it would basically start to cut out at a certain rpm like a rev limiter.

Whats f'd is you say you put a new eddy carb and still can't get it to even low rpm cruise, now eddy's are quite lean outta the box
[their calibrated for chevys] but I would only expect a surge at cruise not pop pop pop outta the carb.
Lets work 1 last time on the carb but not the factory mystery carb.
What size eddy is it and if around 600 or so I recommend size 100 jets and .073 rods to start.
The plugs are white with no color even down in the plug= lean
With that comp you need plugs that are 2 steps [at least] colder.