64 Dart with 273 4-speed Carb

I did a quick check with Piston up and rotor on #1 and Balancer on 0 tdc
this proves exactly nothing, except you tried, lol. The cam could be out several teeth and somebody just re-clocked the D. It looks right, but the engine is beotch to start, takes a lot of advance to run and a stinking lot of throttle the more retarded the cam is;
but it runs, between the backfiring., lol.

My friend just wants to get it running for now
Ummm ; My experience with friends is this;
1) you can do it right and it costs him money, and he hates you; or
2) you can refuse the work cuz you know how much it will cost, now he hates you more; or
3) you can fudge it up, it sorta runs, do it for free and now he hates you the most; but now he tells his friends what a chitty job you did and those friends write you off, and you go broke.

As for me, I would rather be disparaged as the first guy.