ok.
just wrapped up for the day.
we pulled the valve cover and triple checked our timing. we are on the correct stroke and now not getting any backfiring at all.
cam looks fine, its a used mopar 484 from my buddy that upgraded.
we pushed the car out of the carport into the sun, and upon trying to crank, we are seeing gas/air being pushed out of the carb. shouldnt it be getting sucked in like a vacuum? carb is also spitting gas out of the front breather tube. it is a 750 holley that came off my 72 RR, over 2 years ago.
thanks for the replies....hoping to get it running!!!