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A certain 383 GTA wont start... HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Old Oct 3, 2000 | 06:43 PM
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A certain 383 GTA wont start... HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My cat is clogged?
I pulled the coil wire off of the distrib, and held it close to see if it would spark and it did - so my (new) coil is working fine. And again, I hear the fuel pump so I'm pretty sure fuel is ok.

I'm thinking it might be the cat for two reasons. If I let it sit for several hours, it'll start but only run for a second, 2 at most, then it wont start till I let it sit again. Second is I ran 1/2 tank of the leaded 112 octane at the track, and I kept smelling it LONG after it was gone. Don't know if that 108 octane booster **** is bad, but I also used about 20 cans of that over the course of 6 months.

Anyone have any clues or thoughts as to why my car won't start? Or what to try next?

Thanks

P.S. NO codes are getting set either.
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Old Oct 3, 2000 | 10:46 PM
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Blade, this sounds exactly like when my MAF relay fried. I was so damn sure it was something else because there were no codes. check by unplugging the MAF and then try starting up.
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