Where's the Wow?

brian6pac said

your going to have to check it when pulling the balancer off the crank probably turned a little. you need a piston stop and the degree wheel after you put it back together and check the balancer.

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This is correct. The OP needs to re-start the cam timing process by finding true TDC with a piston stop (with heads on), or a dial indicator in the #1 or #6 piston top (if heads are off). Then check the damper mark relative to the timing cover mark to see if the damper is accurate; this is for ignition timing ONLY. The damper mark should not be used for cam timing.

Then, without moving the crank from true TDC, remove the timing cover and see where the dots are. If the crank sprocket lines up as shown in the pix, with the dot to the left of the exact centerline, then the keyway in the crank sprocket is machined off where it should be, and that would be the source of the retarded cam timing (and some of the crappy operation).