Upgrading to electronic ignition help

I have no idea what a "firecore" distributor is

You didn't say, but a wild guess, from your name, is this is for a slant? or whut?

The problem with "rebuilts" is that you don't know what you are getting, I don't care WHAT the application / catalog said. Most / all will have a 70's "smog" advance--not the best for performance. That is, "figgure" on recurving the dist. or at least finding some lighter springs

The firecore distributor is another version of the "Ready to run" types.

Here's a Mopar article on testing.
http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/techarticles/mopp_1212_testing_a_new_mopar_distributor/