Originally Posted by GregWeld (Post 617925)

I'm intrigued by this whole thing.

Even a carb car - properly tuned - should fire right up. I've never had to crank one for 45 seconds... so something is wrong. The hard part is not being there live... to try to diagnose an issue like this.

First thing I'd check is the initial timing... Not sure we know what motor this even is.

Does it have a ballast resistor still in the system?

Have you checked the spark on crank?? There's various ways to do this.. but assume someone there knows how.

If you pull the air cleaner off -- and pump the throttle... do you see gas squirting?

I'm wondering - if after it's started the first time.... does it start right up after that like it should??

Has anyone tried starting fluid for it's initial fire up after sitting?? If so - does it fire right off and keep running??

Is the fuel fresh?? Fresh meaning in the last 60 days.

Originally Posted by RdHuggr68 (Post 617991)

350 small block, aftermarket cam , headers, the dreaded Edelbrock Performer carb.
No ballast resistor, I don't know about timing or seeing gas squirting in carb when operating linkage. I saw him start it right up after initital hard start. Has not tried starting fluid yet. Fuel was not real fresh, he did'nt give me a time frame but said not that fresh. I told him to pull the top of the carb off when he gets back from CA. Thats all I have will update when he gets back.
Kevin

Originally Posted by GregWeld (Post 618072)

It would be interesting to see if it fires right up with a squirt of starter fluid...

It would also be interesting to see if it kept running after it fired off (if it did fire right off with the starter fluid).

Old gas can be a problem - by old - I mean 4 or 5 months....

Would be sad to chase a problem - only to find out it's just old gas....