Hey guys, I am all done and trying to start this bad boy but apparently having timing issues, I am getting spark to the plugs and gas to the carb just fine, so I figure it is the distributor stab stuff.
I double checked that TDC is on the #1 (manually turn and rag method) it ended up just before the timing marker, I manually pulled it over the couple of inches to 12 before TDC and stabbed the dist pointing to the #1 plug wire. Tried starting it and it backfires through the exhaust.
Pulled the cap and bumped the starter so the rotor is 180 degrees opposite from the #1, again the timing mark was sitting just before the tab and manually pulled it up to about 12 BTDC then pulled the dist, and restabbed it to the #1 position. Now it doesn't back fire through the exhaust at all but spits (not backfires) through the carb. I ran through the whole range around where the rotor would be hitting the #1 wire on the cap and it acts like it is too advanced (compression seizing).
Any ideas? I feel like the stab is right this time but I could be wrong. Which is closer? spitting through the carb or the exhaust? haha I didn't try the whole range of timing locations in the first position because I figured backfiring was bad.
Here's a pic of the finished product
