The guy who built it lined up the lines on the intake stroke so if fired threw the intake he was an idiot for sure some people shouldn't think they know how to do everything
Sooo the distributor was 180* out....

It would be really difficult to install the cam 180* out because the index mark would be nowhere near the cam gear....the crank turns twice speed of the cam....180* out would be 90* off on the cam, just trying to sort out what could have happened to her....

GT