Carberated engine won't start

[jamestaylor47]

I've got a 88 and I put a 350 car berated engine into it. It has 327 heads and carb and intake. I have fire compression and spark but it just turns and turns all day. Never attempting to hit. Clog sputter or try to start at all. Any suggestions?!?

 

[98k1500]

Gettin fuel? Timing?


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[Horns]

If you've got compression and spark, and it's not even attempting to fire, then you're not getting fuel. Pour a little bit of fuel down into the carb to try and get it to fire. This will tell you for sure if it's not getting fuel.

 

[Swims350]

exactly if you dump a lil in it and its getting all you say, it should try or fire.

If not I'd think timing or something

 

[Horns]

Yep, if it doesn't fire after you pour some fuel down it then your timing is severely fubar.

 

[Swims350]

that would be my first place to look.

on a side note dumping some gas in a tbi truck will make it fire up too, if you are getting spark but no fuel, had to do mine that way a few times to figure out problems.

 

[Wildbill0088]

Do you smell raw fuel after cranking it awhile?