Re: 5.8 omc not starting HELLP!
ok i went and recharged my bat this morning this time it reads 14v i allso went and bought a spark tester and i AM geting spark. so like you said it must be something with my carb. now i have a brand new rochester quadrojet on this 5.8 ford windsor omc. i wish i would have stuck with a holly sinc that is what was originaly on it. this morning i sprayed a couble of shots of starter fluid into it and cranked it with the fully charged bat and flames and fire came out! thankfully i had the flame arester on top of carb. will my engine run with this quadrojet that is designed for a chevy or should i break down and buy the holley.
If your engine is puffing flames out of the carb, you need to check your firing order, and make sure the wires are routed correctly.
The correct firing order should be; 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8. The distributor rotor rotates
Counter-Clockwise, so keep this in mind when setting up the firing order. Also, unlike a Chevy, the cylinders are numbered like this;
4---8
3---7
2---6
1---5
^-----Front of engine.
As far as the Quadrajet is concerned, it doesn't really care what engine it's bolted to. In fact, Ford used the Quadrajet as standard equipment on the 428 Cobra Jet engine, and Chrysler used them on their small block LA engines.
It's a great carburetor that will put a Holley to shame if you have the patience and expertise to dial it in. The Quadrajet is
not one of those carbs that you can just pull out of the box, drop on any old engine, and expect perfection. The Holley is certainly more of a novices carb, and a little more forgiving.
I would get your firing order straitened out, then see how it runs with the Quadrajet. If the Quadrajet was calibrated for a 350 Chevy in a truck, it should be fairly close for your Ford.
Edit; One more thought on the Q-jet. Are you using an adapter to make it work on your intake, or is your intake a spread bore intake? The Q-jet is a spread bore carb (secondary throttle plates are larger then the primaries), where as most (not all) Holleys are square bore (secondary throttle plates are the same size as the primaries). The spread bore carbs require an intake with a larger area in the back to accommodate the larger throttle plates. A typical square bore intake will not allow the secondary plates to open, as since there is material in the way of the plates.
