I'm with you... Some of us are talking about welding the weights in a fixed position, so the timing on the engine would remain FIXED...and will NOT advance at all.....and then some are talking about something completely different...lol
The amount of overthinking in this thread is mind boggling.
Pop the springs off...spread the weights out...zzzzap, zzzzap, DONE
Never to be an issue again. Set the distributor where you want it, and never look back