Thanks for the replies so far...no ignition to this point

Mike,
Here is the deal so far. We went and talked to the guy who sold us the cam. He said that the cam should work fine with a TBI engine. We then asked why he cut the new mark. He said that when the mark was cut they thought it was going into an older engine, and that for our application we should use the old mark.


So lets assume the cam is fine and will work. We spent the morning removing the left valve cover and setting the #1 cylinder to TDC. With both valves in the closed position. We then reindexed the distributor and verified the correct position of the plug wires. The ignition coil is new and passed all diagnostic tests. Fuel delivery is good. Spark plug gap is good. There is spark at the plugs, although, it seems a little on the orange side.

We are still not getting any detonation/ignition.

What could we be doing wrong? Is there anything else we could check?

It can't be this hard, can it?

Dan