72 360 first start question

Ok, so i did the rockover test with a digital caliper and the #1 springs are exactly the same height within 125/inch at the fully open position as well as the fully compressed position. So it looks like my timing marks must be lined up correctly. That's good news. The bad news is It's still doing the same thing. I set the dist. at 15 BTDC and lined up the gear/rotor facing #1 and exactly the same thing. It'll run with the dist. to far advanced and the throttle pegged. If i try to bring it down to idle it dies. I also tried moving the oil drive gear a tooth each way at this setting and it wouldn't run. I'm going to do vac./fuel pressure test tommorrow. I think I'm getting closer but...