So I just tried my dad's ooooooldddd school Penske non-induction light and it seemed to work fine. I had 24 degrees of inital timing and something like 38 - 40 total. Per the included pixture, my timing marks stop at 30 and total timing went significantly past even the end of the timing tab. I seem to have no spark knock. The engine does smell like it's running slightly rich. Started on first turn of the switch this time easy. It was 100 plus here today when I was running it. With 165 thermostat it got to 185.

Do I leave it as is? DoI try adjusting the carbs to be leaner? Do I add or remove timing? Car has Crane cam 302 that's advanced for what it's worth.

Maybe it's just a very hot day so after driving and trying to start it would start hard and temp just would run a lot higher?