Turn the engine over with the light on and connected and see where it is firing on the balancer.
IF it is firing but is 30 to 40 degrees off, the plug wires are out of phase in the cap.
Move the wires over one position in the cap, then see if it fires.
YOU have to determine which way to go with them, clockwise or counterclockwise.
IF the roll pins are bent but the distributor is still turning, you can still get it in time and it will still run.
If you feel more comfortable in pulling out the distributor to confirm they are ok, then do it.
Irregardless of the discussion about them, it is not that common of an occurrence.
What kind of a distributor is in the car?
Usually if it is out of time this much and you have confirmed that it is firing the plugs, you should hear it fire through the exhaust or backfire up through the carburetor.
Personally I would stop dumping fuel down the carb. You are hurting the rings in the piston bore and you are going to score the piston and bore walls if you continue.
In addition, at some point you are going to compress liquid fuel one or more of the cylinders and bend a connecting rod.
Last and not least, it is possible to put enough raw fuel in the engine that at some point it will explode, well out of time and can damage absolutely anything, like bending a valve, breaking a piston or a compression ring.
Whoever told you to do that, stop, all you are doing is hurting the engine.
There are people who will tell you, "don't listen to him, he's an idiot. I've been doing this for years and nothing bad has happened."
What they don't tell you is that they also fish by dropping dynamite in the water and just scoop up the fist, start their barbacue by dumping a gallon of gasolene on the coals, and shoot at the birds sitting on the high voltage power lines. Don't worry. It's all perfectly safe. Yea, ok Pal.
