Timing for start up

Well got it broke in and it is stronggg, i found that at tdc firing the rotor pointed at #1 cylinder but with the cap on the rotor sat just past the #1 terminal, cranked it and it fired and shut off, advanced a little and same thing, so i pulled it out and put the balancer 10* btdc and put it back in, she fired right up, i learned that timing is a very finicky thing!, but thanks for all the input guys!