Starts, but will not run...she's sick.

[240Zdragon72]

Good day all, I have been having some trouble with my car. First, the battery was dead, the connectors on the starter were coroded, the coil was bad, and the fuel pump was not getting any power. So, I put a Optima Red Top battery, new connectors, coil, and added a carbon fiber guarded kill switch for the fuel pump. Needles to say, I thought I fixed the problem. I bought some "Start Fuel" to spray into the carbs. It worked, for about 2 seconds. Got a backfire through the forward carb and died. My friend said that the timing is off. So I fiddled with the distributor. It has alot of "rotational play" and at the same time, I can pull the dang thing out of the engine. Now my main concern is, why can I get the car to run with the key in the start position (I have to hold the key there), and have it die when I go back to on? Please help, it's my baby, she needs to be driven.

Thanks,

Brian :tapemouth

[dero]

SAME exact thing happened to my car with the engine dying when i turned the key off, my z would die.......it stalled me about a day to figure out my 12v switched coil wire was in the wrong place, i switched the wire to a different one that keeps the power to the coil after u let off the key ignition.