There ya go!

I said 5 degrees BTDC and Arthur states it as 2 degrees. Close enough using either setting.

It sounds as though the dizzy situation is also analyzed. You have the wrong distributor. No biggie, just cap the vacuum line at the intake and run the car using the built in mechanical advance.

I run my M115 at 10 degrees at idle, no vacuum mechanism in use but I am also not dealing with the "Stormbird" carb.

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