To add... Aside from the timing and firing order, did you check the dwell. If I recall it should be ~29-30 and is checked with [you guessed it] a dwell meter.
In regard to the wire to cap placement, it's not critical as long as the firing order is correct and the rotor is properly indexed. To clean up the wire routing, my #1 wire is located in the #7 position as shown in the diagram above and my engine runs fine. When I install the distributor I just make sure the rotor is pointing toward [or between] cylinders 3 & 5.
