new motor all hooked up and ready to go, no start. compression is around 40 for each cylinder. i suspect the cam was installed incorrectly. engine puffs but won't take off and run. when installing the cam, the arrow on the cam gear lines up with the " 0 " on the crank gear right? the only marks i could find one the crank gear were some letters and the "0" symbol. (stock cam) i didn't degree the cam in, but i don't think it would affect enough to not start. i dunno, maybe it's the coil?? good spark though.

sounds like your timing is off a little

have you tried moving the distributor while someone crank?

i didnt degree in my stock cam, lined up with timing chain marks(gears rather) dot to dot

so it is the little 0? the arrow lines up with?

so it is the little 0? the arrow lines up with?