He replaced the intake gaskets in it. Im really thinking that the dizzy is off somehow. I advanced a BBC and took out teeth on the ringgear a while back and it kinda has the same symtoms as that.

Can I just turn the dizzy back a lil like an old school HEI or no?

Is it the same as a regular SBC get numba one slug on TDC and then get it past the #1 plug a lil and fire it up?

How do you set the timing in these things? Is it easy or you need a diagnostic setup?