1978 280Z

L28 with Flat top pistons

E88 head ported and polished

hot cam

Arizona intake

Holley 4 barrell

New timing chain and gears

New Ms Header

I just finished putting all the the things above together last night........2 major problems.

1 car will not start......once it loads up with gas it blows a huge fireball out the exhaust.

2 raw fuel is pouring out of my exhaust and filling my # 5 and 6 piston a running out of my header gasket at the manifold

When I put the timing mark on the (crank) at 0 my #1 piston is at top dead center..................also the timing mark on my cam gear is lined up with the dash mark.

I thought maybe I was 180 out.................so rotated 180 deg....the only way I coulf figure out to do that was drop the oil pump and rotate the dizzy drive gear 180 and put it all back together........is this the right way to do it?

I have spark at all plugs.

I am at my wits end.

Anyone close to Charleston,SC that wants to give me a hand feel free to shout....... :classic:

Originally posted by jeff1216

I am now a really confused .................what postition on the clock should the #1 plug wire be on the dizzy.................I thinik it should be like at 7 or 8 oclcok...but mine is at around 2.

You are aware of the firing order on the dist cap runs anti-clockwise?

Just a thought?

Doh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guess that means no?

Fixed the too much petrol problem?

If the engine is flooded with petrol and the spark plus are wet, the car wont start. Pull the plugs and leave them out overnight to let the petrol evaporate from the bores and the plugs.

Of course the engine will flood again if you havent sorted out the cuase of it flooding in the first place.

Plugs should be dry. clean them and reset the gaps while you have them out.

OK..........here is where I am now

Got tired of fighting the carb and in anger I went and purchased a new Holley (wait till the wife finds out about that)

The only fuel I have leaking now is out of the intake where it meets the head.............With the Arizona intake it is very very hard to get the bolts tight...I am still working on that.

I pulled the valve cover off and verified that when at top dead center the cam and crank marks were dead on...They are.

The car now starts for a few seconds then backfires hard out of the carb.

In regards to seting the dizzy up....what is the trick????

I am doing this by myself....I drop the oil pump.... pull down on the dizzy drive gear reinsert.....wedge something under it while I get back up to look at the position....there has got to be an easier way.

Is it 11:25 position while standing beside the car or infront of the car?