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Old Mar 5, 2004 | 11:10 PM
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Default Need help with initial start up

Help guys,
I am starting the motor for the first time since the restoration. It keeps back firing through the carb and starting a fire!!! :eek:
It turned on once with alot of pumping on the throttle. Am I running too rich or too much timing. :confused:
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Old Mar 5, 2004 | 11:18 PM
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Sounds like a timing issue to me.
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Old Mar 5, 2004 | 11:20 PM
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Could your distributor be 180 off?? :confused:

Got any pics of that BB??
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 12:18 AM
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Yea,
Here is a pic




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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 12:38 PM
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It started!!! :party:

I had the distributor too retarded, I just had to give it alittle more initial advance and it fired right up. :hurray:


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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 12:44 PM
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Grats bro! :party: :cheers:
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Old Mar 6, 2004 | 11:29 PM
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Default Re: Need help with initial start up (81' Corvette Guy)

Glad to hear you got it going. I just started mine up today too and had the timming out 180 degres, a quick fix and up she came. Have to say that it is a bit hard on the nerves when she don't fire right away. I then did the 20min cam break-in and all went well. The 383 shure sounds nice, now to get to work on painting it.

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