Are you sure you used the proper marks on the timing gears for aligning them. I have seen the wrong marks used and that creates lots of bad mojo inside the engine.
Pretty sure. As I recall, there was only one mark on the crank sprocket, and three on the cam sprocket. Worst I should have been off is 4 degrees one way or the other.
I found a cam card for the cam last night online (same grind but for a Chevy, though). The card showed that the cam should have been at .050" of cam lift at 1 degree before TDC, I have .160" of lift at TDC. The cam is way off.