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1996 chevy Tahoe put new motor in and gauges are off

1996 chevy Tahoe put new motor in and gauges are all off a bit and the service engine light stays on and it runs bad! Sitting at a light it bucks and trys to go while pushing the brake kinda like power braking I guess! It takes a few cranks for it to start up too!
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Is the distributer in correctly those only go in way only and there is no adjusting timing on those motors assuming it is the vortec motor

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