80 ft/lbs is for ARP studs, not stock head bolts. Bolts are much less.

So....you never turned the crank or rotated the cam, and the cam chain and upper sprocket rested on the chain guides while you replaced the head gasket.....Then all you did was pick up on the cam sprocket and pry it back in place on the end of the cam, right?

Then unless you let a little slack get in the chain down on the crank gear and then it skipped, it would onlt be maybe one or two links off. But let's say it didn't skip even one tooth and it is installed correctly.....then you only need to check that the distrib is installed correctly and plug wires are run right.

If you have a timing light, hook it to any plug wire and see if it lights when you crank it over. If it doesn't, you ain't getting any spark to the plugs, so timing is a secondary issue. Check that first, then we can finish beating this to death. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Hope you don't need to drive it to work in the morning. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/ignore.gif" alt="" />