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This problem has been resolved. The wiring from when this motor was installed was a large issue. The mechanic who installed it, was responsible for the cob job wiring in the picture in the post above. I also changed the springs in the distributor to bring mechanical advance all in at 3500...

That’s the engine that is in my car now. I talked with blueprint and discovered the original crate motor had the gm style hei distributor in it from blueprint. It was too big to go in my engine bay so the msd 8388 was reused from my last motor. Josh from blueprint has been walking me through...

So I discovered my motor originally came with a gm style hei distributor however it was too large to fit in my engine bay so the msd distributor was used from my prior motor.

Wow probably will drive right by you. Driving down from Rochester NY.

RV show in Hershey PA.

Adv duration on cam is 285 int/297 exh .545 int/.545 exh, .241 int/.247 exh @ .050 with 110 Lsa. Mechanical flat tappet. Hoppy I’ll call as soon as I can, I just got this Info and I’m driving to PA for the RV show with the mrs.

Ok so I have another thread in here about troubles with my La based 408 stroker having troubles staying running in gear at low rpm, and what appears to be a fouling issue of the plugs. It’s a blueprint 408, that I bought never run, from a 3rd party. The tech from blueprint got back to me with...

Forgive me, I’m a newly retired cop. Definitely not a mechanic. Not good or have any knowledge base in electrical. Small things I’m good with, but this is above anything I’ve done with electrical. I used the spark plug wire that goes from the coil to the distributor. I used a spark plug in...

I will buy a voltmeter tomorrow

I think we are more than 3 hours though as I’m in upstate NY.

Thank you for this, I appreciate the help as I’m definitely over my head with this electrical portion and I’m trying to learn on the job. I will reach out to you soon.

It SEEMS that the distributor may be the culprit after a day of troubleshooting. After fixing those wiring issues, I bench tested two different coils I had been using. Both of them were in good operating condition. Have good power going to the engine bay from the trunk mount battery...

The two wires added on are a power to choke, and a power going into plug for distributor. Working on fixing this now.

So I fixed the ground from coil that was shoddy. Then I saw the ballast resistor connection from the driver side had very old electrical tape on it. I dug into that to find a real gem of wiring.

Thank you for the replies and help. I will check what you said tomorrow and report back

In the case that I need to replace the distributor I was looking at the hei distributor from speedway motors.

And no msd ignition. Just msd distributor with ballast resistor and duralast coil.

Distributor has about 500 miles on it with no oxidation on cap or rotor, and I’ll need to do some research on the last part that you said because it’s above my mechanical experience to this point.

Getting no spark to the plug. But this is intermittent. Sometimes she starts, sometimes she doesn’t. *18 btdc is what it was timed at before it was parked for restoration and nothing has been changed or adjusted since then.

Thank you for the reply. So I did install the regulator with permatex thread sealant, and it leaked like a sieve. I took it off, tightened it up more and that is when I dug into the electrical stuff. Adult A.D.D. I suppose. I do have a timing light, and plan to check the timing as soon as I...

So I’m working with what I have which is a test light. It is my understanding that connected to the negative on coil, touching the test light to the positive, the light should flash. It did flash. I took spark plug #1 out to see if it was getting spark. It was not. I checked with the test...

So today with zero changes and fully charged battery it just turns over and won’t start. Work to do.

So I replaced the coil, did not have spark, took the test light to everything. Made sure all connections were tight, turned the key to see if I had a flashing test light on coil, and it fired right up. I had also adjusted the choke back to the middle. Let it run for 10 minutes, turned it off...

I do have a MSD distributor

So I pulled the wire from distributor to coil off at the distributor and laid it on valve cover to see if it sparked and it did not. I’m confused because it runs intermittently. Is the coil going bad or something else? I assume check the cranking volts at the + to the coil?

So I’m charging the battery then I’m going to check for myself spark from the coil wire. One thing I notice is when I turn the key off after trying to start it, it gives one cough out the carb with fuel. Possibly ignition issue then?

I will check this tomorrow.

So Installed the regulator and the car still doesn’t want to start. Where do I check voltage when cranking over the motor to determine if it’s optimal? The battery is a brand new optima fwiw.

Yes that was from a gauge in the fuel line right before carb. I did let the car run in the driveway for a few minutes before shutting it off.