.. My factory F150 distributor quit on 9-11-2001 with about 108,000 miles... and 23 years... the plastic pickup module disintegrated between my fingers as I removed it... amazed it had even been working... about $15 for a new one got it going again... also got a new control module back then, but haven't needed it yet... my '86 Monte Carlo distributor is still going strong after 190,000 miles and 26 years... I don't know why...

.. Back in the 1960's we ran engines with 10.75-11.0 compression ratio fine to 6500-7000 RPMs on simply points ignitions with leaded gas that fouled the sparkplugs by deposits in a few thousand miles... points usually needed cleaning/replacing by then anyways... I'll prolly build the 351M/400 to 11.0-11.5 and use kerosene or other fuel booster... like I already do in some other engines...