440 Engine Build w Timing issues

Repositioning the dist. gear has nothing to do with timing, so long as you can rotate the dist. body and get at least one tower to align with the rotor and make that tower "no 1"

In fact, you could close your eyes and throw the cam gear in any old way, and put the dist back in either way, and so long as the rotor is approaching a tower which is being utilized for the no1 wire (any tower) it will run and be in time.

My first car w as a 57 Chev 265. Hell I did not know there WAS a "right way" to install the dist. Chevs can be difficult to align the pump drive and keep the rotor where you want. I used to just toss it in and time no1 to wherever the rotor pointed. One day I went to a local service station, and the jock told me "It can't run, it's out of time." "How do you know?" "Because the plug wires are all in the wrong place!!" Well it did run........and ran fine.