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Hey there everyone! Ive got an issue that if I had hair, I'd have pulled it all out by now. So I'll try to provide all the relevant info I can at this point. Hopefully those more knowledgeable than I can help me end this misery.

The Car: 79 Camaro RS beater (it's been mistreated)

The engine : 1973 block with 2.02 1.60 heads (bought as set) bored .040 over. Crank is GM 3932442 3.43 stroke. Cam is an Erson, though exact numbers are unknown to me. I could not locate any info on cam. Rods and lifters were in place already and all I can say is they are roughly 7 3/4 inch , no burs and all straight lifters were also pristine (micced all of them). This motor was assembled, but had sat for nearly 15 years. I pulled it apart to check everything out, clean it , added new rings, kept the pistons as they were clean (minor ignition signs; looked practically new). Re-honed / crosshatched the cylinder walls, reinstalled everything in the order it was removed. topped the block and heads off with the Torker2 intake that was with it and am feeding it with a Holley 4160 C (brand new) Set Harmonic at 0 deg verified TDC and Valve position, stabbed distributor (HEI GM) 5:30 position. Everything is torqued by the numbers (e.g. intake 35) If I can manage to keep it running Vacuum gauge shows no deviation and stays at center of 9 - 10 PSI. I have tried every trick I can think of to get this motor to start from key turn but it just wont do it unless I feed it fuel repeatedly and when it does start it will not stay running. I have even gone as far as to pull the valve cover and set the distributor to 10 -14 deg BTDC. Nothing is working for me. I have adjusted the Carb from lean (all the way in) to 2 and a half turns out for a richer mixture, all to no avail. At this stage I am about ready to pull the whole thing out again and start over as I just dont know what else to do. So with what little info I have here does anyone have any suggestions or ideas where I should start looking or what I may be missing. I will add that the battery, distributor, water pump, fuel pump, wires and plugs are all new. There is a fuel pressure regulator installed to keep the Holley fed w/o overfeeding it. Initially the pump was feeding 10 -12 PSI and Holley recommends no more than 9. I did this when I realized the Carb was feeding alot of fuel, checked the fp and saw nearly 12 psi.
Thanks in advance for any helpful ideas.

As I am not aware of what type cam I have could that possibly be my issue?