Just about finished with my conversion just have the hard part to figure out( not the best with engine stuff). i put a 78 c4 and 302 in my 90 ranger. i am down to getting it running tuning it and making sure i rebuilt the tranny right. this is what its doing so far. i can crank it pump the gas pedal couple times and it will fire up then seems like it runs for 10sec or so then dies even if i try to keep pumping the gas to keep it running. seems like it stops getting gas or spark? any sugestions on what i should try?
second problem... i havent hooked up the shifter all the way because i need to do some fabricating with it but trucks in park and i start it up and seems like its still trying to lung forward. is that bad torque converter? like i said i rebuilt the c4 but the torque converter is original. never had tools to check it.
any help would be nice. thanks

 

Im guessing its carb'd? Are you sure its not flooding out?

 

ya its carbed. not sure why it would be flooding im using the original engine mounted fuel pump.

 

so i checked the fuel pressure its 6.5 so seems good. i took the carb apart it looks fine. still confused

 

Sounds like a timing issue I've run across try advancing the timing (turn clockwise) also what firing order are you using?