Help, two problems

[Ole Blue 68]

Alright, so I took advantage of a day off today to put what I hope was some final touches on my engine; billet distributor tie down, billet water neck with 160 degree thermostat and air cleaner spacer.

I get it all together and when I take it out for a test run I notice that it feels like something is interfering with the travel of the gas pedal and the throttle is not letting up when I take my foot off the gas. So I get out and check the linkage and the return spring and everything looks fine. The only thing I could think of was that the sparkplug wires got moved when I was messing with the dizzy and were somehow hanging up the throttle linkage. So I moved them and double checked the return spring. Started down the road and had the same problem. Has anybody had a problem like this?

The other thing I noticed is it seemed like it didn't want to turn over for a second or two but then it started and ran fine. I just had the starter rebuilt about a month ago. So, I'm thinking maybe it was a lousy rebuild or is it possible the heat off of my headers is starting to fry the starter already? (no heat deflector yet) I also thought maybe I knocked the dizzy when I was putting the new tie down on but it runs fine once it starts. If it were the dizzy, I figure I'd notice it when the engine was running too.

What do you all think?