Well, it's my turn to ask for suggestions..

I lined up the dot on the key way, instead of the dot on the tooth. This put my piston almost an inch away from TDC, and I was 3 teeth off on my dot-to-dot alignment. I've never done that before, but hey, I own this one. I can't believe it ran, and didn't back fire or anything, just a SLUG.... lol. I will get this back as time permits, and I'm sure it will run as I expected. I will post the final results when she is back together.
Oh, here come the folks to chew me out for not using the degreeing wheel.....

Been there,done that! Did the wrong keyway gig,got smoked one Saturday night. Found & fixed it, smoked the same puts next Saturday night...You fixed it,that's what matters.