got an 85 firebird 2.8, car startes fine sometimes than after running it and than turning it off car won't start ,it normally will start though after about 20 min of letting it sit, it turns over and i can smell gas but don't seem to be getting any spark, it's been like this for a few weeks now

 

It sounds like the first two places to start would be with your coil, and ignition module, they are cheap to replace, probably havent been replaced in a long time if at all and it wouldnt be a waste to replace them anyway.

 

Pull the ignition module - Autozone can test it.

Check that first - then try the coil.

 

Agree with both above.

Coil
ICM (inside the distrib, takes a 5.5mm or 7/32 socket)

 

^^What they said.

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If you're gonna change those you might as well do a TomP tuneup .

 

I had the same problem when I had the 2.8, turned out to be that the choke pull-off was bad.

 

Replace coil.
Who will do the work?

 

You are not putting enough Clarol mix in the fuel