Hey everyone,

I was wondering if anyone has any insight as to why my 82 camaro (305/cfi) always takes 2 cranks to start up, it never starts on the first one and it always starts on the second, not a really big deal but kind of embarrasing =(.

thanks,

Ben

 

anyone?

 

Hey
I have a cross fire injection and it takes off one the first crank but seems to turn 0ver a few more time than my 87 did.
sorry this dont help

 

IMHO, you are dealing with a horizontal tunnel ram with a HUGE plenum, and it takes a little time for enough fuel to get into the manifold to get some to the combustion chambers.
Try letting it crank till it fires.
A friend of mine has an 83 with the CFI, and he does that "2 crank" thing also. ( he won't listen to me when I tell him to let it crank either)

 

2 cranks from cold or hot?

Can't see the problem with two cranks from cold!!

 

It takes my 82 Trans Am CFI about 2½ Cranks until it starts. When it's hot on the other hand, it starts in about 1½ Cranks.

 

ha! two cranks... i was happy if i could get my old 305 to start at all without the batt going dead. Lousy compression i guess. new 350 takes three cold.

 

my 90 iroc with a 305 tpi would take about 3 cranks to start and then when it did turn over it would rev to about 1200rpm then down to 700rpm and die. I would crank it over and start on the first retry. Fluctuate a few times in the low rpms and then settle down to about 900rpm. I took me a little 500 mile trip on the car and now it starts fine on the first crank. Go figure...

 

That sounds like mine. It would raise to 1200 or so, then drop to about 400, then fluxuate....probably due to the timing being advanced.

 

Maybe you could try to slow down the starting process a little. Turn the key to RUN and let the fuel pump pressurize the system for a couple of seconds before you crank the engine.

As for the hunting idle after start up, it sounds like the IAC and throttle body might benefit from a little cleaning.

 

I'll try that Priming trick, it will probably help out.

The Idle problem is probably due to the Timing being advanced and also I got the 2 Throttle Bodies cleaned. I threw some Injector Cleaner in a month ago, but still does the same thing.

Oh well, i'll wait till I get a Tune-Up and the proper Timing and see where i'm at then.

Thanks Merlin!