anybody out there?

About to swap in an msd billet dizzy into the 440 dart. Want to find TDC, make timing marks, set it to 14 degrees initial with 35 total advance. I have not done this before. Have the dizzy set up (springs and bushing). Anyone local done it?
Got the 360 motor and John Cope build reverse manual 727 tranny bolted into the other dart. Need to hook everything else up now. Anyone bored?
Drained the gas tank and refilled, checked fluids, changed rear diff oil, switched out the street slicks, and fired and warmed up the 440 dart today. It's ready to go as it is. Should I really mess with the dizzy swap? The current dizzy has too much advance total or not enough initial advance for the car to want to start. I have screwed with it enough and cannot get it corrected without disassembly of the distributor. I figured if I have to take it out, I'm going to upgrade while I'm at it to a dizzy that is easy to adjust the curve without taking apart. So I bought the MSD and have been looking at it for a week. But, on the other hand, I have been racing and street driving it like this for 2 years. Right now it is hard to start, I have to set the idle high so it don't die idling in gear when its 90 plus degrees outside, and I still have a little too much total advance to have good power at the end of the track without pinging. If I advance to initial timing it starts perfectly. And then I have 44 degrees total timing (way to much). Hoping the MSD dizzy solves these problems. Any thoughts?