Alright this weekend I bought myself a timing light and messed with my timing a little. I tried to set it at about 17 degrees but Im not sure if that is what I set it at. While I was setting it I noticed that there were several white marks on my carnk pulley what do each one of those stand for? The other car I had it had I think one white mark for TDC.

the front-most white tick mark is for 20 degrees; the second front-most tick mark is 15 degrees. i think those are the two you really need to know. 17 degrees would obviously be somewhere close to the middle of the two.