MSD -vs- Jacobs

If you are only getting 10 MPG you have issues that no ignition system will solve. 16-18 MPG would be more like it. 20 on the highway isn't out of the question.

A 1407 is a lot of carb for that combo, and Edelbrock jetted them "for performance". DOUBLE CHECK YOUR FLOAT LEVELS!!! Make sure the metering rods are staying down at cruise, and go 1 step leaner on the primaries (carb manual has good graph).

I suspect carb is giving me issues. It is a 1411 (elec choke) supposed to be calibrated a bit more for "economy" than the 1407 but, if it is jetted for economy on a 454, it will be dumping a lot of unburned fuel out the exhaust. I'll play with carb and see how it goes. Thanks