about the dist. wiring being out of phase, the wires coming out of the dist. have that factory connector on them that pugs into the wires coming out of the ignition control module. Are you saying that I should cut those and switch their orientation? I never heard of that but I'll try anything at this point.
That would be the idea. But answer and let's discuss the other questions first on the CW and firing order questions and CCW for retard, etc, that I just posted before you do anything like that; you have other things to check first.