CrazyLarry87

Hi Everyone, Newbie here. I had to change the water pump, and the timing belt was about do on my 87 Path SE VG30i, so I thought I'd do that as well. Everything went smooth, except the R Cam gear jumped and had to be turned back to line up the marks. Timing belt went on and everything was seemingly in sync (Piston #1 at TDC, distance of teeth correct like EarthsfireBT, and turned distributor like Slartibartfast). Fired it up and it sounded like crap on a stick (sounded like valved hitting), so I shut it down and stripped it again. I have the R Valve Cover off so I can see whats going on. My concern is that forcing the Cam Gear back to the mark may have misaligned the cam and the valves are now hitting the pistons. I'm at a loss as to what the issue may be as everything appears to be aligned correctly. It sounds like I'm missing something stupid and simple, so I don't want to strip the heads off if I don't have to (yet). Any insight would be greatly appreciated.