Engine Help

[Jeremy]

I was driving today and had changed shock settings and thought I would see how this affected hard braking. I hit them pretty hard and the engine died. It would not start no matter what I tried. It had done this to me the last time I braked hard but started and ran like crap. When I checked the timing the distributor had slipped retarding timing.

I had it towed home and about three hours later I was able to get it started but I had to advance the distributor as far as it would go. I have been able to back the timing down a bit but no where near where it needs to be. I have it idling at about 1500 with a lot of advance but it has under 10 HG of vaccuum and it had 17 before today. I have taken the carb (Edelbrock) apart and checked the floats. The were a little out of spec, but I fixed that and everything is working.

I figured the car flooded and thus the reason it wouldn't start but I figured it would have cleared up by now. IF I turn on the AC the car can't handle the load and dies. If I lower the timing or idle speed it dies and I have to max the advance again to get it started.

I have looked for anything that could have come loose and haven't found it.

I appreciate any help as I am at a loss. I also need to car up and running for day to day use and a show this Sat. Thanks.