I have a 86 TA with a 350 TPI

I have changed most of the sensors when I had the motor rebuilt.

The fuel pressure does drop off when the car sits overnight but even if I turn the key to acc and let the pump charge up the lines it still takes 6+ tries to get it to kick. It does hold pressure for several hours though .

I have set the base timing and there is no SES light on.

I think this problem may have held over from the old 305 because some times (most of the time it was a real hard cold start).

And by cold start I mean first start in the morning it could be a 100 deg outside with the same problem.

Thanks

 

It could be the chip, I know the ARAP chip starts a little hard. Or you might consider the "Cold Start injector" could be bad.

John

 

What is your base timing set at with ECM unplugged? Just curious, timing set incorrectly will cause a hard start.

 

I set the base timing to 10 deg. this seemed to make the car run the best with crisper throttle responce.

I removed the cold start injector because i thought it was the cause of my fuel pressure leak. But it turned out not to be.

Thanks again