Testing the HiRev 7500

after all doesn't matter what happens before as long as the spark arrives at the right time
Exactly!
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probably explains why the advance curve set in a points distributor from the factory differs so from the curve in an electronic...
Maybe.
Without having access to internal memos and documents its hard to know if any changes in the curves were due to performance goals or simply response to changes in engine design and emissions goals.
Got to go to '67 for US 49 state non-emissions timing curves in the shop manuals (or Sun cards, etc).
Electronic ignitions came in mostly 1972 and 73 model years.

Here's a couple of comparisons that are interesting.
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