Does the balancer go bad like that in those engines? I thought it was one piece. This thing vibrates so hard the body panels are moving when at idle.

I checked the timing, which should've been at the 10* BTDC, but the timing mark, if looking at the balancer from the front, is at about 8 o'clock. You can also hear the exhaust make a nice pinging sound when the throttle is hit. I'm thinking homeboy jumped a tooth on the timing chain. I think the car is close to 200 miles, never had a replacement chain or gears, so it's likely, right?

I tried to rotate the distributor back to having the 10* BTDC mark between the marker lines, but when I get close, it wants to stall.

I guess that could be due to the balancer taking a shit too, right? If that outer ring spun, it'd be impossible to time the thing. What's more likely?