Too much fuel?

diymirage said
have you verified timing and top dead center?
(what i mean is, when the number one piston is at top dead center, of the compression stroke, is the timing mark at 0 degrees? they slip some times)

you mentioned you never did this before, please tell us exactly how you lined up the timing marks on the cam

you did not by any chance swap out the timing covers, did you ?

I used the ruler part of a carpenters square to line up the two dots on the gears. Im not sure about the harmonic balancer, the timing marks lined uo i think but i cant remember so ill need to check later. it is an aftermarket one if that makes a difference. The original wasnt doing too well.