massive reconfiguration time again.

unless i missed something in the pictures, you marked the cam/oil pump gears and the distributor housing location, but i don't see where you marked the distributor shaft at all? Gear and housing can be in the exact location, but the shaft can 180* off... but i'm sure you know this.....
Yes you can see how the square hole on the top of the distributor and the round hole for the MSD rotor? I pointed that all in perfect I mean exact Square to Square round trip around? The only thing I can think of is that the rotor was actually put on backwards to begin with? If that's possible? I spun the spark plug wires around a hundred eighty degrees and it fired off first tip.