Need to get a hold of a dwell meter, better yet find someone with a good old fashioned sun distributor machine and set that up correctly. I've seen brand new distributors loose their mind at 1k and above. Also a machime will let you fine tune the vacuum and centrifugal advance. I used to teach auto shop and i would let guys come in and use mine so check there.
Forgot to put this in my initial post.
Dwell seemed to bounce around just a bit, but when the RPM was up a little, it was a solid 32.
That probably is the way to go, especially since I'm having issues. I'm wondering if it is something mechanical, as it doesn't make sense that I should have that much advance, considering I welded up that slot.
The issue is finding someone with a machine...