Varying spark, out of ideas

I've had for a while a problem with varying spark timing and it's been getting worse, varying about 3-4 deg each rotation. Now the engine runs pretty poorly at idle and does not get better with RPMs.

I've put on a new distributor, cap and rotor included, and just checked point gap again, setting it to .018.

I put on a new coil and new wires.

I thought I had diagnosed a timing chain with weak stretch, as it had all around low compression (106-122 psi) and varying spark timing. I read of a...

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