Make sure to lube the rubbing block a little. The plastic part of the points assembley will wear down a lot slower and point adjustment will not go off so quickly. If not driving a real excess of miles each year the original point set up should do fine. Although I agree the aftermarket electronic trigger amp is nice. I will not go back through the thread but I hope you did change out the condensor as well. There was too much metal transfer and splattering in there by your description to ignore it. Also no one commented on your early question that I remember. I thought there was a plate that sat inside the distributor on most if not all these models. Separating the point area from the rotor area. Might be wrong though and it's been so long since I have used my earlier engined cars or even tuned one of their engines I cannot remember for sure. Anyways just glad it's running much better for you now. Enjoy the car...