chignola

installed chevy performance long block crate engine.with brand new edelbrock performer 1406 carb,msd hei street fire distributer .she wont start and the plugs are dry.how and how much fuel does it take to get her started.all cyl have spark.and fuel squrts out of the accellerater pump.

canucklehead

Is the timing set right?
you could put a little gas down the throat....

chignola

timing right,how much gas and how

lonewolves

lonewolves

ok ...



put some gas into the venturi port of carb.

chignola

with dist power removed? turn motor over for about 10 sec?let rest for how long before restarting ?how and when do you know gas has gotten down to all the cyl's ? so you can plug dist power back in ?

solwav

If you have fuel and spark if should at least attempt to run. If the plugs are dry, a good guess is a fuel issue that is where I would start. Spray starter fluid into the intake if the engine does not even try to fire move onto the ignition system.

canucklehead

Did you get it running?

solwav

Good question, how is you fuel delivery?

DougE

Ditto Solwav. Pull the air cleaner and give it a shot of starting fluid. If it doesn't fire you most likely have a fuel delivery problem. Make sure your ignition timing is right and that you're not 180* out on the distributor install.