skip white HEI timing issues

i put my taylor thunder wires on and pulled my breather to look at number 1 rockers and on compresion stroke they stay closed and the timing mark on the balancer lined up and the cap and rotor lined up on #1...one thing i did find was when i put the taylors on, my autolite plugs have a screw on tip and every one of them was way loose so i tightened them all nice and tight with a needle nose and i fired it up and it actually ran in the correct timing position rather than backfiring and sputtering like before. i timed it at about 15 16 idle and when i i throttled it to about 4 5 grand it was around 35 degrees and this time the mark stayed put and didnt bounce everywhere. it still has a bit of a miss at higher RPM but thats as far as i got yesterday then i had to work on my ramcharger i might try do it by ear from there and see if i can smooth it out and check where the marks are then, but their at least close now and i dont think im getting the spark scatter hopefully making progress not real sure why its working now possibly the loose tip i dont know ill check into it a little deeper monday night