Testing if engine will start.

[openshaww]

Hi All,

I have recently bought a old clubman and before I go ahead and spend to much on it I want to get the engine going.

So the wires are in shambles so I will rewire entire car. However I have rewired the it just to start to see if the engine is ok.

I can turn the engine at the cam with 34 Socket. And it turns over.

I have installed a new starter, coil and solenoid and Distributor.

When I turn the key The engine cranks over and smoke comes out of the breather and the car back fires. 

I've checked spark and each spark plug has spark. 

The petrol pump works as I can see in the lines that fuel flows. 

I've saw that they say it should be that the dizzy dog gear could be 180 deg wrong and I tried to rotate it 180 deg and it doesn't want to go install that way so it is in the only way it fits in naturally.

My coil gets Hot is that normal?

What could it be?

Thanks