okay, as of now I found a 440 source distributor sitting on a shelf at my parents house.
I installed it and set the timing at idle when warm at 12* BTDC

The car starts up, idles nice. i slightly tuned the carb based on vacuum and idle speed.

Here is the issue, it gets real hot. like 240* hot. The radiator is 3 core aluminum one.

There is a pusher electric fan that moves roughly 2000 CFM, I did the water burp thing with the giant cup sitting on the radiator.

I pulled the thermostat and checked it out with a thermometer in a bot on the stove it opens fully around 190*

is it a bad water pump????

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