Rebuilt top end of engine now carb idles much higher?Please help

LovetheA's said

Yes it runs now. So if it wouldn’t run at 180deg out then that’s definitely not the problem. I just don’t understand why the initial timing seems to only run up that high? When I tried to turn distributor and lower initial timing it sounded like it would stall. Well back to the dressing board.

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I've explained how you need to check that out. You need to VERIFY TDC with a piston stop. That way, you can compare true TDC to the balancer and see if the outer balancer ring has slipped. That could very well be the case and you'll be forever chasing your tail unless you do that FIRST. Everything with the timing is generated from TDC and if it's not right, you'll never find the trouble.