As far as running lean it is not. Pulled some plugs today. They are all medium brown in color, not wet. Also, the exhaust tips are medium brown as well. So, I think I'm on the mark in terms of air/fuel. The next step will be the timing. I have a Fire Core Plug N Play and the appropriate coil. Problm I have is I think I punctured the rubber diaphram while I was adjusting the vacuum advance. Not matter what I do in terms of adjustment it surges at light throttle. I unplug the vacuum advance and the surging goes away. I also need to change that T state to 180 as well.
As far as the water pump housing is there a housing on the market that doesn't have flow issues? I did order a Flowcooler pump today. I'll put that on when I change the t state and go with pure distilled water and an additive such as Wetter Water
All these changes will be done one step at a time so I can keep track as to what and doesn't work.