I'm having some timing/rotor phasing issues. The summit dist has a better mech advance then the stocker (stocker don't phase) and it has an additional slot to reposition the reluctor 5 deg before. So I'm going to give it a spin to try to correct it. But I'm having a hard time understanding the workings of the distributor. So here's my questions.

How does the reluctor and the little transformer work in relationship with the coil?

I'm really confused as to why I'm having phasing issues in the first place. As soon as I plug in the advance it jumps 20 degrees. That's with the set screw in the can all the way in. It's ported vacuum not manifold. With the stocker I can only get about 35 deg at 15 initial. I want to see it at 50 deg@2000 rpm, right?

Just trying to get the best outta this 318.