Fired it up today and let it get up to temp. I twisted the distributor with the vacuum advance disconnected. It really doesn't like much more than 36 at idle.(Although, I have not checked the rotor phasing yet, and I need to do that).
I set it back to 34 degrees. (I am using a lean burn distributor with no mechanical advance.) I will hook it up to ported for now, and do a little driving to see how it works out.
If my rotor phasing is off, I will revisit the manifold advance. Also, whenever I get a real distributor with a curve, I will go through it all again.
The fun continues..!!!