Stop in for a cup of coffee

Guy with holley troubles calls and asks whats wrong with car. Not getting fuel. Or? Its flooded or no spark or?
Its a chevy stroker engine in a 39 dodge. Cant set timing the normal way, as all the body metal is on and out of the line of sight. After i explicitly told him i needed to set timing before he installed the sheet metal.
Headers are cracking due to exhaust pipes have no flex in the mounts.
Now he wants a different carb.
I have no clue what to suggest,he needs to contact edelbrock and ask them. I just dont want to be part of the decision making process.
Burning the cheapest gas,with too much ethanol in it. He wont stop poking around,and wont leave it here so i can figure it out.
I know the distributor has issues, chinese performance kind.

rant over.