Starting problems... Help

[Jesper Moreau]

I need as much feedback on this on as possible and thank you all in advance!

Project is an '88 5KTQ I pulled the top end off and dropped the bowels out of the bottom end.

The Background - I honed the cylinders installed new rings, installed new main and connecting rod bearings with the engine still in the bay (poor mans engine stand)

I had the head professionally machined: surface, porting, new valves and guides, radial valve job on the exhaust, new lifters, new 272 blausport cam. Installed a 3-2-1 exhaust manifold that spits into a k24 turbo (to make up for the lack of the bottom end produced by the 272). I replaced the cap rotor and wiring with new OEM and the plugs with bosch Platin W4DP0 plugs (hence the poor mans engine stand). running a 2Bennett ECU with a 1.8 bar w/g spring (which i ran in the car for a couple of months prior to dismantling the engine - WOW!)

Problem 1 - NO SPARK! so, i went thru the Bentley and tested the hall sender, coil, plug wires, position reference sensor and all related wiring and all came out ok... checked for pin on flywheel - present! checked and rechecked TDC. To be obsessive, I ran my distributor and ECU in my '86 5KTQ and they checked out fine and even further, put the ones from the '86 into the '88 and tried it and - NOTHING. I grabbed a coil from a junkyard and installed it with no resolve (however i have no idea that it is even any good either) So, I have yet to put the coil from my 86 in and retry.

Problem 2 - after excessive turning over fuel begins to seep from the gasket between the fuel distributer and airbox. My injectors may be clogged... and that is ok... I have 5 new ones. question here is, do the main injectors recieve fuel during turnover or strictly the cold start valve. After turning the engine over, I pull a plug and smell no fuel on the plug. is that normal? i would imagine no. I chose not to install the new injectors just in case some unintentional muck made its way into the fuel lines as the car was sitting. They are way too expensive to foul up on the first try.

I know there has to be some random little thing that I am missing. I just hope with all of you looking at this and making suggestions we hit the nail on the head.

Well if you have any further questions I am happy to answer them. and again, I appreciate any and all responses from you all. Thanks in advance!!!!!!

Zep