[size=100]W[size=75]hat have you done to the inside of the distrib? Stock springs.....MSD distrib......timing tape...?
Should be able to idle around 750rpm or so.
Did you degree the cam when you installed it....or just do the dot-to-dot?

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Last edited by 6sally6 (8/26/2014 3:22 PM)

What works for me is......buy a timing tape (auto parts store/Summit) and stick it on you harmonic balancer. THAT way.....you can read the TOTAL amount of ignition advance and what RPM. You want a total of 36*+/- by 2000RPM to get the most bang for the buck. You will need aset of light weight springs installed inside your destrib. (There are several tutorials on the net with plenty of pictures.) the stock springs are so stiff you will NEVER get the magic 36* of ignition advance. Gotta have'm!
Ask anyone who has performed this mod.....it makes a NOTICABLE difference in pick-up and power.  Especially need it with a "hotted-up" camshaft because it is making your engine perform in a totally DIFFERENT way than when stock.
A good cam and heads and all the bells and whistles with a stock distrib is alot like "trying to puke with a rope around your neck"!
With the light springs in the distrib......rev engine to 2000RPM and turn distrib until the timing tape reads 36*........then lock it down. Let the initial end up where it ends up.
Once you do that the engine will rev way quicker....then adjust the carb to attain max vacuum.
Then go burn rubber!!