Running like crap

[gmachinz]

It sounds as though you have your dist. off a few teeth. If that's the case, no amount of advancing/retarding will fix it because you've altered the valve timing-not ignition timing. As Jim said, bring it up to #1 TDC and go from there-you may need to use a long straight screwdriver to turn the oil pump driveshaft to get #1 on the cap perfectly. I have seen people get so far off on the teeth that they just rotate all the wires on the cap one spot to "cure" the problem but that's ghetto if you ask me. -Jabin