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Old Mar 22, 2003 | 02:18 PM
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Car: 1990 GTA
Engine: 5.7 T.P.I.
Transmission: 700r4
Axle/Gears: 3:23
still wont start

I installed a new cam, timing chain and gears, new pushrods, 1.5 roller tip rockers, new valve springs, 24# SVO injectors, spark plugs, cap and rotor, and headers. I think thats everything, when I started the car the first time(2 days ago)it fired right up once I got the rotor pointed in the right direction. I let it run about 20 minutes, turned it off and restarted it about 4 times, it started right back up with no problem. I turned it off because the exhaust fumes were getting pretty bad in the garage. About 15 minutes later I was going to pull it out of the garage and it would not start, it just cranked over. The next day I did nothing to the car, just turned the key and it started right up. Again I let it run for about 20 minutes, turned it off and restarted a couple times, put it in gear, it stayed running fine. I shut it off again to move another car out of the way so I could pull it out and it would not start again! While it was running this time I turned the fuel pressure down because it was too high. After it would not start I pulled the plugs out and they were all black, I figured this was caused by the fuel pressure being too high and causing it to run rich. I cleaned them and reinstalled them but it still wont start. Any ideas?, maybe the ignition module, not only am I dying to get it running, but I wanted to take it to SLP day next Saturday.PLEASE HELP! BTW its a 1990 350 TPI

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Old Mar 22, 2003 | 07:37 PM
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Car: 1990 GTA
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Transmission: 700r4
Axle/Gears: 3:23
I unhooked a spark plug wire and put a spark plug in it and turned the engine over and it did not spark. I had the ignition module checked today and it was good and the coil was new. Any ideas, any fuses I should check?
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Old Mar 22, 2003 | 07:42 PM
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if the module is good and the coil is good there should be spark, check the wireing and fuseable links
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Old Mar 22, 2003 | 10:15 PM
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Car: 1990 GTA
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Transmission: 700r4
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I checked the wireing, it's okay as far as I can tell. Where should I look for a bad fuseable link?, down by the starter or is there others? I took the distributor back out so that I can take it to have the pick-up coil checked tomorrow.
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Old Mar 23, 2003 | 05:16 PM
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It was the ignition module, I had it checked again today at a different store on a better machine.
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