Yeah I am still waiting to hear if the thing starts then dies or actualy does not start but wants to. WTF man! [8D]

 

I had the same problem with a motor I built. I eventually found out I had the distributor 180 degrees off. When you line up the dots on the timing gears you're not actually on the number 1 plug wire, your 180 degrees from it. The dot on the crank gear and the dot on the cam gear both need to be on the tops of the gears before you set your distributor down in with the rotor lined up on th #1 plug wire. Basically, the easiest way to check if it's in the right place is to stick your finger in the #1 spark plug hole, then turn the motor over until you start feeling and hearing a lot of air trying to escape the cylinder, then keep turning the crank a little more until it's right on 0 on the timming mark. Then check and make sure your rotor is directly underneath the #1 spark plug wire terminal. If the rotor is clear on the other side of the cap, just pull the distributor a little ways, turn the rotor exactly 180 degrees, and the distributor should fall right back into place. Of course then you be set at 0 degrees timing so you'll have to advance it at least 8- 10 degrees. Good luck.

 

it was the timeing and it ran for a couple days but than it burn't out the coil and i put a new one on and it wont run now and i checked all the timing agin and agin but now it wont fire but every once in awhile.

 

Well its about freakin time!
So you burned out your coil. Not a stock unit and you needed a balast resitor? Did you put a points ignition in? Did you install a POS mallory Unilite?

 

no points. i put in an accel super coil. not sure if it matters but my dist currently in the car is electronic adv. the replacement is a vacume adv. i dont have a throttle body so i dont think it matters but not sure

 

hay thanks alot guys my motor is running great!

 

I have never heard of doing a valve adjustmenton anything car or motorcycle with out doing it on the the heel cam. P.S Just thought i would add my two cents.