? for all you CCC guys...

[tkeduk8r]

this may be slightly off hte topic, but i just bought a 81 caprice with a 305 and 61 original K on it. the car ran barely, puffed back through the carb and had all the signs of a rounded cam lobe... sure enough i swapped the cam out and it did have a rounded #8 ehaust lobe... so it put everything back together, and engine cranks but wont start... I have spark, fuel and air... so that leads me to timing.. i installedthe distibutor straight up TDC, #1 on compression stroke (set when i did dry valve lash set up), but still slow hard cranking.. so i reinstalled the dist thinking i could MAYBE have forgotten to turn the engine back over to TDC after vlave lash.. still same cranking, a sputter through the carb occasionally, and no start... I DID however notice that i had one plug that had no home as I disassembled and reassembled, and that was the four pronged plug for and electronic disributor.. EVERYTHING else is factory, cept for a vac advance older style dist on the motor... will this thing run with the old style distributor in it??? it did run enough to limp around my driveway before i tore down... cuz i am at my wits end (oh i tried a working HEI out of a running 76 chevy truck and same thing, crank but no start)... any suggestions??? i am quitting for tonight hoopefully tomorrow will be better... thanks for hte help...
--Mike