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All the good advice on this thread is from people who have forgotten more about flatheads then I will ever know. But that said, If it were me I'd send the carb to Charlie NY for a rebuild and a converted Chevy distributor. Don't know if he needs a core or not. I have one of his carbs on my 8ba and it ran perfectly right out of the USPS flat rate box it came in. My converted Chevy distributor is from Buba (RIP). The only thing I don't like about the Chevy conversion is the window cap. Pertronix sells a windowless cap but it still has the Chevy cap size appearance. The other option is a Mallory and have it converted but for the cost I will have to live with the looks of the Chevy window cap distributor.