Help please - Cam timing experts

Actually... Chryslers ( or should I say the Dodge Brothers ) sprocket dots are top and top on compression stroke. The 2 dots closest together will be the exhaust stroke ( We've went over this a zillion times ). In the end the only difference is in how where when you drop the intermediate shaft and dist' in. If the dots are set dot to dot closest together, 1 crank rotation gets top top. I wont argue that closest together dot to dot isn't the easiest sight. So... build it that way then turn it 1 round if you need to set the rotor at #1.
And as far as it did run but not good... I saw the same in a Ford V6. 3 teeth gone off the crank gear and the chain had jumped about as far off as yours. The owner dialed the dist' far enough to make it run then drove it to the dealership. Top speed was about 25 mph LOL