Help Put Edelbrock Cam in. Won't start now
11-13-2007, 09:22 PM
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Help Put Edelbrock Cam in. Won't start now
I put the edelbrock cam3702 kit in my 89 camaro 305 tbi with there lifters and pushrods and timing chain. know my car won't start. it either pops threw the intake or does nothing when i try to start it. any body help. has anyone put this cam in? i need help ASAP!!!! thanks
11-13-2007, 09:27 PM
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Re: Help Put Edelbrock Cam in. Won't start now
Usually the distributor is a half turn out of time when this happens. Or the valves were set too tight. Take out the front left (driver's side) spark plug and rotate the engine with the starter until you feel compression, then bump it a bit more and look for the timing marks to line up. Then pull the dist. cap and see that the rotor is pointing generally toward that number one cylinder. If it's pointing to the rear, that's the problem.
11-13-2007, 09:40 PM
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Re: Help Put Edelbrock Cam in. Won't start now
Usually the distributor is a half turn out of time when this happens. Or the valves were set too tight. Take out the front left (driver's side) spark plug and rotate the engine with the starter until you feel compression, then bump it a bit more and look for the timing marks to line up. Then pull the dist. cap and see that the rotor is pointing generally toward that number one cylinder. If it's pointing to the rear, that's the problem.
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11-14-2007, 01:00 AM
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If you put the timing gears dot-to-dot, and then aligned the rotor to the #1 spark plug wire, you're 180 degrees off. Dot-to-dot is the #6 firing position.
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Re: Help Put Edelbrock Cam in. Won't start now
ok i'll try that today when i get home from work. thanks
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