340 Tuning - I need advice

When you put your finger over the spark plug hole to find compression TDC, is your timing mark in the right spot at the top of the stroke?
Early balancer and late cover, or vice versa, would create some havoc here.

I haven't physically verified TDC yet, but I may need to. Also I think my motor is all 1969 except for the cam and carb. How can I verify?

Update: I spent some time tonight trying to re-time and tune the carb. Going up as high as 20-25 didn't seem to improve much or make it smoother. I wound up at about 15 degrees advance but it still stutters a little. If it is anything like last time it will be real shaky next time I run it...

New question: Is there an air gap setting on the pick up coil???