Grungnak

When I had the engine apart I cleaned the timing chain cover that has the distributor on it and I think I've found the problem, I believe the Distributor is 180 degrees off and I can't just turn the rotor to get it right because it wont lock down with it being any amount off. I'm wondering if I've got to take the pully and the timing chain cover back off to spin it around to set it right. I also tried moving the plug wires to where they should be to fire and I get a gnarly backfire, sounds like a shotgun going off, but it's going out the exhaust. I'm not exactly sure why.

Ok I've got another problem, I pulled my 280z motor and replaced the head gasket, and put it all back together, without moving the timing at all, and now I've got the engine back in the car and she wont doesn't want to fire at all. I can make the engine backfire but not start. It's really bugging me why I can't seem to get the car running perfectly. on a side note the engine ran rough before i pulled it to replace the head gasket.

I was looking around on here and i found a problem similar to the one i was having i found if i unplug the cold start injector it would start, I also replaced the water temp sensor and it seems to be running a lot better. But it still pumps fuel when the key is in the on position before starting the car, and I'm sure it there's a wire somewhere that's been messed up because a lot of the wires seem to be spliced and/or rigged around to always get power. With the few things I've done so far I've managed to make her moveable for the moment, enough to move around in the driveway anyway. It'll probably take me a few days to sort all the wiring out and have her in tip-top shape.

Hello everyone, I bought a 1977 280z last weekend and the owner before me said the car had a fuel problem. Since I've started working on it I've only noticed that the fuel pump is always on when the key is in the "ON" position. The car has air, fuel, spark, and compression, but she doesn't want to turn over and keep running. The longest I've had the car running is about 5-10 mins then I shut her down and she wont start back up. Has there been any other problems like this before with anyone else's car?