car wont start

im putting out 6psi, do I need to get a regulator to cut it back ?

No, flooding was a shot in the dark guess.:D
Have you verified the distributor was put in with the #1 cylinder on the compression stroke?

If not, or you don't know they can only go one of two ways (right or 180 degrees off)
A quick way to check is to pull the distributor, turn the rotor 180 and drop it back in.