I've never done any serious work to a car before, so if I sound mentally
challenged please bear with me. I have an '89 IROC that was a 350 that I
put a stroker kit in as well as changing the cam and putting 2.02/1.60
valves in. (Also zero decked, w/flat top pistons)
Being the beginner that I am I already know, too late some of the mistakes
that I've made. (1) I didn't degree in the cam, trusting the marks on the
sprockets. This may or may not be an important error since I'm not building
for competition. (2) More serious, since my harmonic balancer wouldn't fit
over my timing cover without the timing tab being removed, guess what? I
naively assumed I could time it by ear a'la' '60's style. (Crap!)
Aside from the obvious timing problems that I'm having, my torque converter
won't lock up. Any help would be appreciated

Thanks, Joe