k i have a 383 stoker, freshly built, not even 200 kms on it
then my car got smashed to **** by a guy with a signpostand i was doing body repairs on it in winter

i decide to start it up, notice no oil pressure, and instanly like 7 litres of oil on the ground
i fill it up and try it again after changing filter (thought might have blown gasket) and the same thing happend,and i heard what i figured was a main bearing churp
so i pull the engine flip it over, inspect mains for excessive wear, find none - re' torque
the leak!! - was the stupid $.02 spin on adapter, must have been cracked somehow

annnyways, goter all squared, reinstalled my intake timed with finger in hole trick, bang on tdc
the thing won't fire. only runs brieflly if i pump the accelerators a bunch and it kind of just runs off the excess fuel

i checked for missing plugs on car, intake, thinking it must be vaccum leak
i changed the intake gaskets to those new style plastic+ silicone ones for vortec heads. i siliconed the one side down to the heads

im now onto thinking its an ignition problem? shoud the blaster coils orange and black have contsant power with ignition forward?

is there any carb priming needing to be done

im a pretty smart car guy, but this one has stumped a few of us

NOTHING has changed, carb and intake were removed. 6al has power.

heres the engine



sorry for the dirt and broken glass.. its not my fault

 

The coil gets 12 v until the box interrupts the circuit to fire the coil.

Is fuel getting to the carb?

 

He says when he pumps the pedal it will make the engine run for a bit off the excess gasoline, so I think it's getting gas.

 

sounds like timing to me
id re check tdc and firing order

 

Looking at the pic...the wires don't look like they are in the right order, unless the F.O. has been changed or the cap is a corrected style cap.

 

Good catch. It looks like 1-8-4-6, at least. Should be 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2. Even a 4-7 swap wouldn't look like this.