Slant 6 engine ignition timing stays retarded.

I had a bad pu coil in there and Rock Auto sucked by sending me two bad ones(two different brands. Long story). I ended up buying a nice NOS unit off ebay that works.
Since this is a change, compare the new to the old. In particular the distance from the mounting stud to the pickup center. Can't tell you why there might be a difference but there's only a few parts that could change the signal relative to the rotor tip and cap.