Pissed off with motor, want to change

Ok, 2 questions. Was your damper at the 0 Mark? Are you sure you did not install the distributor 180 off?

If your timing was set to 12 TDC, the the reluctor should be about 12 degrees clockwise of the pickup nipple. Are you sure you are not timing it at 12 after TDC?

At these pictures the timing mark was at 0 exactly. It wouldn't run 180 off. Possibly it is after. I can barely see the marks. Left to right reading 10 - 0 -10, it is on the left of zero.