No spark

Thats what I thought too. I was thinking it was a timing issue. So I cranked the engine over to around 10 degrees before tdc and checked the rotor, I had marked the #1 wire in the base of the distributor. Then turned the distributor till the rotor was right on that mark so that should be around 10 degrees advance. To me that should run there. The cap the rotor wires and plugs are all new. So I don't think the cap is cracked.
This is what I'd do:
  1. Remove drivers valve cover
  2. rotate engine until intake valve opens and shuts on number 1 cyl
  3. bring piston to TDC rotating same direction engine runs.
  4. Clock the number 1 plug wire at the cap and remove cap and see where the rotors pointing
  5. Then go around the cap verifying firing order.