Hello all, I am new here but I have found a lot of good info so far. I have a question regarding a cam swap in a 350 rebuild.

I have been helping my father rebuild his '82 CJ5 and he has put a 1989 Chevy 350 in it. When he purchased the cam he asked for a stock cam, but the guy at the engine shop gave him one that he said would help it breathe a little better, but would work fine. After giving him the new cam they ground a new timing mark on the HB that was offset by about 25 degrees.

We have set #1 to TDC and indexed the rotor accordingly, but we are unable to get the engine to fire at all. We have spark and fuel is being delivered properly.

Will a different CAM work with the stock ECM? Should we put the stock cam back in? Is there anything we are missing?


Thanks in advance,
Dan