0-60 mph: 7.1 seconds.
Reply #35 –
Dude,
Don't sweat it. You'll figure it out or take somewhere and learn something new. Good job getting it running! I've been professionally working on cars for years and have been stumped countless times even by the simplest things.
Double check your firing order. On 2nd thought triple check it and make shure the distributor rotor is at #1 on the cap on the compression stroke. Check your fuel pressure and fuel filter under a load. Have a passenger check it or tape the gauge to the windshield. Fuel pressure should be about 32psi idle 40 psi wide open throttle. I wouldn't worry too much about the oxygen sensor codes for a no power problem.
One of the previous posts mentioned to check your timing during the end of the engine run self test where the pcm locks out the timing I believe at 20 degrees for a couple of minutes. This would verify the computer is advancing the timing. Or you could get some premium fuel, pull the spout and run just base timing. Keep advancing it till it knocks on wide open throttle. If it knocks back off the throttle and retard the timing. It's old school but that can work too.
Correct fire, fuel, timing and compression, the improvement should be noticeable.
Good luck,
Mike