Distributor is 270 degrees off?

I've said this many, many, many times. "There are engines that matter" But when talking about slant or any Chrysler V8 you can ACTUALLY throw the intermediate gear in BLINDFOLDED and "toss" the distributor in there after it and it will run!!!!

The secret?

SIMPLE


Determine the timing marks are accurate (piston stop), determine the compression stroke, and then just position the timing marks WHERE YOU WANT initial timing, IE 10--15 before TDC.

Then shove the no1 plug wire in wherever the rotor is pointing. You "may" have to move the distributor housing "a few" degrees.

If it "moved" from where you put it, either you made a mistake, or didn't notice "that second timing mark," or there is something BAD wrong aka "broke"

Don't take ANYthing for granted.

CHECK the timing marks.

CHECK the distributor gear that it's not sheared on the shaft

CHECK the distributor is not "falling apart." IT HAS happened

There IS a "factory right way" to put the distributor gear in the engine. It's right there in the shop manual.

Not all distributors over the years (and aftermarket) have the rotor indexed the same in reference to the drive tang