Timing problems

Well, I pulled the front of the motor and I found that the crank sprocket has 3 keyways with several marks around the outside perimeter. Obviously this is a hi-po set. But still, my rebuilder is reputable (more on that later) so it should've run fine. Well, as I posted, it didn't.

What I did was go buy a new double roller timing set with sprocket but without the fancy shmancy stuff. I'm trusting Compcams products' accuracy so I didn't degree the cam. Anyhow, I just put it all together like it was stock, set the timing to where I thought it should be, adjusted the carb/idle and took her out for a spin. Yikes! Went like a bat outa you know. When I set the new chain set on top of the old one I could see a big difference. My car was trying to run with one link "jumped". No wonder there was no power.

I'm really disappointed that my rebuilder put the cam in wrong. I'm not savvy enough to know precisely what he did wrong, but it's obvious to me that something was amiss. Think I should contact him? Problem is that I had the work done 2 years ago, and the short block sat around before I got it all together and in the car.