zc will not start easily cranks and cranks need it tomorro

The air filter is a mugen cone..... freshly cleaned and oiled

fuel filter was changed about 4 days ago

the engine came with no injectors so I used si ones.... they were out of that parts wreck that i bought for the cage and i was able to start it up and it ran great despite the blown rod so i knew that those were the injectors that I wanted to use. .

as for air and fuel..

I replaced the regulator with a good one no difference and while turning the key on you get a burst of fuel on the backside of the regulator just like you should... also while cranking there is fuel there... pumping out...

I took the dizzy apart and changed the ignitor and coil and cleaned everything up while I was in there.
The old td02u that i just bought new for the vtec mini me turned into a donor.. i really thought that I had a bad ignitor. . . .but i guess not.... . the main relay is working because i can hear it click and i am getting fuel

the main thing is that the engine turns over wierd...sometimes it is like it is like 13:1 comp. rar hard then it breaks free and spins nicely... it will fire with the assist of you holding the starter on ( i guess you just have to know to understand that) but then die or if you are lucky you can get it to fire and run....

i am still talking it to the track tomorrow heck, ill let it run the whole time...
i am sitting out in my garage right now looking at it... i have it out there running with the fans on.... . i figured it would be good to run it some after god only knows how long it has sat.. its running fine otherwise. . . .just the starting issue.. i even retarded the timing a little to try to get it to spin over a little easier.....

cam timing is dead on... . i dont know what else it could be...

I feel like a fat drunken hillbilly that is in love with a beautyful woman..... . no matter how much love i put into my honda... it returns none to me....

this thing better win some races.... or i am going to turn it into a beer can..

later.
Chris

all of your symptoms sound just like my b16 when i first put it in.
It could crank and all most start, then it wouldnt even be close. It would just turn over. I just kept cranking it and it finally started running, running great. turned it off and put the hood back on and it did the same thing. After I drove it around some its been fine ever since.

I would let it run a while like you are doing and try to clean it out.
Also check your vacuum lines, maybe ones hanging or in the wrong place, or a small crack or hole in it.

Also somthing that has helped all of my cars in Valvoline Syn Power Throttle body cleaner. I sprayed the throttle body down used an old towel to clean out the throttle body, then all the extra you cant wipe up inside the intake will burn up some gunk on its way through the engine. It will run rough for a few minutes and spit out some white smoke then should run better.

Is the tps broken? can you swap a known good one and try that?

I know what your saying about starting when you keep the starter going, my 00 civic does that sometimes, dont know why, but its gay.