starting issue

[osrolla]

Not sure whatsup but when i turn the key to start cranking over the motor it feels like it doesn't have enough power and i need to hold the key until the cranking sort of picks up speed, then it will start fine. Any idea what causes this? It started after i put back the head and IN&EX manifolds

[73te27]

timing too advanced, retime it

[osrolla]

How would it have changed after i put on the head? I thought it might have evil do with compression? But i put a new cylinder head gasket and stories to spec. It used to fire right up after it turned over once or twice?

[baldo]

So you didnt remove the distributor then? Is it clicking? Checked the clearance for the rockers, did you cut the head? Checked the battery and all the starter cables?

[BOBLOOK]

Maybe the battery have low power try to charge it or jump start it see what happen !

If you didnt moved the dizz i would said battery problem

[osrolla]

Yeah i left dizzy installed. Gonna check voltage on battery, load test and maybe even voltage drop just to make sure. Out of curiosity do they make an optima red/blue/yellow top sized for 3tc?

[73te27]

Still sounds like timing to me. Takes 5 mins to check timing, if you dont own a gun , you should. Buy a dial back if you dont have one so you can check total, initial is only good if your dizzy is 100% perfect which is rarely the case after 30 years.

[osrolla]

Im thinking its the starter

[BOBLOOK]

Im thinking its the starter

How did you test it ?