Tea pot carb help

[Mike51Merc]

Originally Posted by tjfl

Confused / ignorant on the ignition system - figured vacuum is vacuum. Do remember in the 60's of Ford using a dual vacuum chambered distributor. Haven't given up on the tea pot yet. Looks like Sal has a good track record and may lead me down the right path. Thanks, Tom

Look up "Load-a-Matic" distributor. This distributor's advance works off of a ported venturi vacuum on the carburetors that were specifically designed to pair-up with. If you connect it to manifold vacuum, it works backwards.