engine will not start

Well got engine together put in the car and it want start.Checked coil and timing twice i wired it 15426378 counter clockwise.number 1 plug and 6 is the only one that the plugs look that has fired.I had a double pin cam and took one pin out being it had 7/16 bolt.Any help would be helpful thanks.

Have you tried advancing timing while trying to start?,I work on my car alot by myself and alot of times ,and if the engines already in the car ,sometimes have to get out and give them alittle more timing and sometimes less to get em to fire up!,That is everything else being in order,getting plenty fire,being in time,and plenty of fuel,and compression of course!.I always pump the gas acouple times and keep it cracked open while adjusting timing,that should get ur done.Keep us posted, MavMan

Is the dizzy in right? 180* out?

Is the coil actually causing a spark?

Yes i got #1 TDC on compression stroke and the coil firing.

Its flooded or low timing.....any fire out the carb yet?

Well bought a compression tester and some cyl don't have none that my luck on my first build.

Solid or hyd cam? Valves too tight?

Solid, i set valves 20 int and 22 ex by cam card.Watch the ex. as it start to open i adjusted int. and then when intake went all way down and start close i adjust ex.

Why do all the plugs need be out when u do a compression test?

bigjohn2007 wrote:Why do all the plugs need be out when u do a compression test?

Also wire the throttle wide open "bigjohn2007". If you have been giving it alot of fuel, I would spray a shot of wd40 in each of the cyclinders while the plugs are out,spin the engine over afew times ,and then check compression.don,t want to keep cranking on it if those cyclinders are dry from rawl fuel.What is the compression on all 8 ?,Also go back over the valves on the ones that are showing nothing,luck has nothing to do with it brother! Hopefully you,ll get it figured out without having to pull it out!MavMan

Good news DanH called me and told me how to set the valves correct and it busted off after i check all the cyl with the compression tester.Thanks lotsssss

bigjohn2007 wrote:Good news DanH called me and told me how to set the valves correct and it busted off after i check all the cyl with the compression tester.Thanks lotsssss

Good Deal!

Intake leaking at the front and back how you guys seal them baby up?

Thanks Maverick for your info................

bigjohn2007 wrote:Intake leaking at the front and back how you guys seal them baby up?

Are you talking water or oil? If it's oil, did you use the factory end gaskets or did you use just a bead of black silicone sealer? the best ways is to use a bead of the sealer across each end.
If it's water, your gaskets might have slipped, or your intake is not mating up to the heads right, or what brand of intake gaskets did you use?

Oil, and i ran a thick bead of the grey gasket maker across the front and back of the intake.

bigjohn2007 wrote:Thanks Maverick for your info................

Your Welcome "BigJohn2007"

I didn't stud the four corner and my other motors had been so i think that some of my problem.