Slow 1/8 with 74 440 dart

i have never degrees a cam yet so i'm sure it would be a learning curve. do you have to get tdc by pulling the head on the ds or could i just stick something through the spark plug hole and have someone rotate the engine?
Oh no. You can use a piston stop in the spark plug hole. The procedure is grammar school math. It's very simple once you see what's going on. I'm sorry you're not local. I would show you how to do it, mess it back up and make you do it. lol