We can seem to ge my car to start after the swap. We have gas and spark and the timinf should be with in a few degrees of 6. Is there somthing we over looked. Could it have somthing to do with the TV cable adjustment? The enging turns over bud thats it! Please help if you can!

 

did you check to see if your distributor is 180 degrees out

 

Yes we checked that but a local guy said we needed to pull the ecm and replace it with a carbed ecm. What do you think> He said the computer may be telling the car not to start...The car ran befor the swap but was the TPI system had seen better days!

 

The TV cable doesn't have anything to do with the engine running.

If you have gas at the carb, and the engine turns over, the ECM doesn't have anything to do with what is keeping it from running.

Does it try at all? Does it backfire?

#1 cause of no start when the distributor has been out is distributor being 180 degrees out.

 

it does not backfire and it tried to start once but now it just turnes over

 

what kind of carb are you running?

 

the carb is a holley 600
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im getting fuel and spark im just not sure ive got it timed right

 

did it flood? are the plugs wet?

just be absolutely sure the timing is right and the plugs arent wet before you crank it anymore

 

What is the longest you have had it run before?

If its at all some time, pull the plugs and see what they look like.

 

your not using a stock dizzy are you?

 

we finally got it running we changed the plugs and wires and timed it one last time and she fired up!!! Thank you!!!

 

ok so basicly i did the same thing i have an 86 camaro with a 305. and i pulled it out and also pulled an engine out of a 88 tbi truck. i took the tbi 350 that i got out of the truck and put it into my camaro. got a hi rise intake and a edelbrock 750 cfm carberator and a non computer controlled distributor for my car. also i took the high output heads off the 305 tpi that was in my camaro and im using them. also bough those cloys double roller timing chain kit. now after ever things together i get spark and fuel but it wont start, first i thought maybe the timing was off so i market it and tried again all im getting is puff of gas and air shooting threw the carb so i know its getting spark cuz its like back firing but don't here any popping??? i know the timing chain is correct so i dont know whats wrong..maybe the distributor stll??? sometimes i couldn't get it exact cuz when i turned it the damn thing would go all the way down wtf??? idk someone please help this is my only ride to work and im tired of finding rides and walking.

 

As a wise man once said, "#1 cause of no start when the distributor has been out is distributor being 180 degrees out."

 

well i figured that so i adjusted it..its out still about a few degrees because it atempts to start so now i got that fixed. when i try to start f'in oil leaks from the il filter what the duce!! i think its a wrong filter but still?