ok.....pulled the LG4 out of my 'bird, dropped in a 350 and need to get it started. I've gotten the timing as close as I can w/o the engine running....starter's turning the engine at around 200 RPM but when cranking the voltmeter's reading a 3v drop.....all 8 cylinders are getting spark...any ideas?

(note: when I bought the car they'd given it a bit of a hack-job to keep it running, cooling fan, fuel pump, etc. kept computer dist. but pulled the computer fuse )

 

got fuel? my guess is the timing is out

 

if you know you have spark, do you know you have fuel?

 

the fuel pump the previous owners had put in was working fine (Holley electric for a carb)....when the LG4 went, it either blew a head gasket or slipped a tooth on the timing chain, not sure which.....so fuel delivery *should* be fine....except after I posted and went back to work on it, the pump quit. think it's a bad connection somewhere, I'll look after work tomorrow if I get off early enough. what's normal advance on the timing with vacuum unhooked? I've got it set in the range of 6-10 degrees base advance right now....