Bent up stuff

We installed it at zero. I have a three way adjustable timing gear set, but went with zero because 14* was factored in with cam specs.
I really don't know what your referring to here^^^^. I know I would have a real hard time letting the guy that messed with your car to ever touch or do any machine work to it again! You need to get with a better machinist and as others have said learn to work on your car yourself.