help with timing / pfc

[aNskY]

well, i blew up my last engine in a few hours because i suck at timing, and now im finishing up the new one and i cant get the damn thing timed for the life of me. first start attempts i had no start. fuel and spark, checked compression, had 50 on all 4. shit. i thought the tits inside the front cover would keep the gold link on the crank dot but i guess not. so i pulled the front cover and re-did timing from scratch. next start attempt... starts 1st try.. awesome.

just now i put a timing light on it and 15btd is about 2 inches off the mark. i have to pull 14 degrees of base timing out of the pfc and all of the cas to get it on the mark. what am i missing???? im 99.99999% sure my cam timing is dead on, i mean i had front cover off so all 3 dots were exposed at the same time, and the cas went in without a hitch lined up perfectly in the center.

i am pretty new to the pfc so im thinking theres something im missing, just cant figure out what. any help would be greatly appreciated