The V8 Owners Forum -

Welcome to the mad house Nick!

Ian

Few things spring to mind.
Battery low on power after 18 months. Perhaps add jump leads to crank till it runs long enough to fully recharge.
Spark leads, is the right one going to the right plug?

Ian

Had you changed anything?
Example just changed oil and not pre-filledthe filter, on startup it first has th fill the filter.

Just a thought?

Ian

Question, if you put the pistons in backwards will you get interference between con rod and bottom of cylinder/sleeve?

I know on Ford when you put in stroker cranks you have to notch the bottom of the cylinders blue to said interference.

Ian

Was it a self bleeding system on the front brakes? Way back heat generated in the calipers was a problem and in some cars they developed a master cylinder that opened one port slightly earlier than the other so Press brake pedal and both ports are closed and the pressure clamps the calipers. Release...

From memory
The Hotwire system has 3 relays, one of them powers the fuel pump, I know I needed to replace that relay once.

There is also a black wire that goes to air flow meter, if you bumped that off by mistake the engine will not start.

Ian

Easi out? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-Expert-45856-5-Piece-Extractor/dp/B0001K9UEG/ref=sr_1_5?adgrpid=51361642057&dchild=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjsGnr8CG8gIVUoFQBh2qIwocEAAYASAAEgLCrfD_BwE&hvadid=498920746050&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9046887&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=14467510090230962955&hvtargid=kwd-48914278...

Has it gone into limp home mode? Disconnect the battery for 30 seconds to reset.

Ian

That is unless you are forced to have merge slip collectors for the bundle of snakes, and the O2 sensor can sometimes see air drawn in through the merge collector.
PITA in that case!

Ian

Holley does a 390 and the next size up is 600 cfm. The 390 would work on a fairly standard 3.5 and be restrictive at higher revs.the 600 is suited to 5.0 and up. So when you are looking for a 3.9 or 4.6 you are looking for something between the 2 Holley variants and the Weber Edelbrock one at 500 cf...

What does the borrom of the dizzy drive look like? Has or sheared off so thus not driving the pump? Or dizzy slipped up in clamp and the drive come out of contact?

Ian

Check oil pick up bolts are tight and gasket intact or it will suck air.

Ian

Do you have oil? Was there a catastrophic leak? Sump plug come out?

Ian

Have you tried Rimmer Bros, they certainly have replacement distributors and parts thereof

Ian