i checked the distantance of the pick up and it was .075 i did reduce it to .057. as far as the rotor phaseing it put #1 at 38 degrees on the pointer and the rotor was inline with the terminal on the cap. just to talk about the fuel issue what i sat may have no bearing, but let me tell you what changed. i used to have a black holley with the old engine and would always turn the pump off about 5 to 10 seconds before the engine after each round. i now have a aero motive 2000 and when i doo the same the fuel pressure guage stays a 7 lbs for that same 5-10 seconds. it would eventualy bleed down but when i dont know. with the black pump it did'nt have a regulated bypass to the tank and the fuel pressure would drop as the motor ran with the pump off. i'm just wondering with the new set up when the pressure finaly bleeds down, where is the bleeding going?" to the motor or the gas tank.