when i go to disable compensations to put my distributor in time with the computer. first i always thought base timing was 16 degrees not 17 like s300 says and shouldnt my distributor be someone close to the middle? when i put the timing gun on it. i have to turn the distributor almost all the way towards the fire wall to have the light flash in the middle mark on the crank pulley. thanks

 

You can sync the timing to 16 or 18 degrees it doesn't really matter as long as you lock the timing to x value and shoot the distributor timing to x value.

If you are running aftermarket cam gears & your cam timing is not at top dead center you may have to advance the distributor a lot to get 16-18 degrees btdc.

If you are running an aftermarket autozone or napa distributor, get rid of it.

 

no no everything is stock. so as long as i lock s300 i adjust the distributor to match no matter how far its turned?

 

In some cases, yes.
Try another distributor assembly if you can to ensure the issue isn't related to the distributor.