Hey guys so I took my carb out and checked the power valve it’s a 6.5 and it’s not blown i tested it with my vacuum gauge. I also removed my intake manifold and changed the gaskets and resealed it. Put new plugs in and changed the oil and filter and started it up and same results.

I think I’m still possibly off timing, I removed my valve cover and set number one cylinder on compression stroke and tdc with my balancer set at around 13 and the distributor rotor was pointing past number one closer toward the center of the engine, but I set the cap on and put number one plug wire on where the rotor was. Like I said before it starts but I can’t get it to idle to set my initial timing. According to the engine builder initial timing is 13 total 36.