09-07-2008, 09:28 PM
smooth Wrote:I'm sorry guys. I hate it when guys do this, and now I'm just as guilty.
The stats: this is an efi, in case it matters, it has GT-40P heads, a RV comp cam, and Shorty Headers. Also, a Red Top Optima battery.
You know, the more I think about it, and seeing others post, I am wondering if it's the ground to the block. I am terrible at electronics, but it would make sense, since it runs right past the header, I had to replace it once before after it melted on the headers, and running from the battery straight to the starter (bypassing the solenoid and all wires inbetween) didn't make a difference.
It's too late to check now, as I'm already cleaned up, I'll check it this weekend.
If anyone has any other ideas, I'd love to hear them!
Thanks everyone!
MoMo
P.S. I got it home, started right up after about 4 hours.
I had similar trouble with a Mustang. It was carbed, ran a fixed distributor, and had almost 12:1 comperssion with the battery relocated to the rear. It would fire fine cold, but if you drive to town it would have to sit for a while before it would turn over fast enough to fire off. I ran a wide braided ground strap from the block to the frame that fixed my troubles. Last resort would have been to run a 00 guage wire from the battery to the block.
'72 TBA...