Problem staring my 4th gen 3s, takes long to crank and when it does is pings for a little then clea Options

[teamchancery]

Try to start the car and u have to crank it 2 or 3 times and crank it for long.When u crank sometimes and it doesnt start it sounds like a small misfire.
However when it does start its like its about to not start but then suddenly catches and starts(similar to when ur car is about to stall and u floor back the clutch to catch it and keep it alive)Now when it does start in this fashion its struggles to idle and pings for like 2 secs then it idles fine.
Drove the car ,the car feels like its lacking power even tho the rev are going up.Decided to squeeze it a little to see what happens and while shifting up to 3rd the car bucks then i lose power and when u put u foot on the gas u hear like the car missing or sputtering violently then it shut off on me.
Stopped tried to start it it fired up and i drove to my mech.Start up pressure on gas was 36psi while we revved it it went up to 44 clamped return line and got good pressure,so we dont think is pump,checked plugs and they looked a little lean,checked charge line no oil and check intake manifold and no oil in it either
What u guys think this cud be.By the way sometimes u start it up and one crank it turns and no missing or pinging

This post has been edited by teamchancery: Oct 31, 2008 - 10:50 AM

[presure2]

Try to start the car and u have to crank it 2 or 3 times and crank it for long.When u crank sometimes and it doesnt start it sounds like a small misfire.
However when it does start its like its about to not start but then suddenly catches and starts(similar to when ur car is about to stall and u floor back the clutch to catch it and keep it alive)Now when it does start in this fashion its struggles to idle and pings for like 2 secs then it idles fine.
Drove the car ,the car feels like its lacking power even tho the rev are going up.Decided to squeeze it a little to see what happens and while shifting up to 3rd the car bucks then i lose power and when u put u foot on the gas u hear like the car missing or sputtering violently then it shut off on me.
Stopped tried to start it it fired up and i drove to my mech.Start up pressure on gas was 36psi while we revved it it went up to 44 clamped return line and got good pressure,so we dont think is pump,checked plugs and they looked a little lean,checked charge line no oil and check intake manifold and no oil in it either
What u guys think this cud be.By the way sometimes u start it up and one crank it turns and no missing or pinging

sounds like a timing issue to me.
check the mechanical timing, make sure its on. then ignition timing.

[teamchancery]

Try to start the car and u have to crank it 2 or 3 times and crank it for long.When u crank sometimes and it doesnt start it sounds like a small misfire.
However when it does start its like its about to not start but then suddenly catches and starts(similar to when ur car is about to stall and u floor back the clutch to catch it and keep it alive)Now when it does start in this fashion its struggles to idle and pings for like 2 secs then it idles fine.
Drove the car ,the car feels like its lacking power even tho the rev are going up.Decided to squeeze it a little to see what happens and while shifting up to 3rd the car bucks then i lose power and when u put u foot on the gas u hear like the car missing or sputtering violently then it shut off on me.
Stopped tried to start it it fired up and i drove to my mech.Start up pressure on gas was 36psi while we revved it it went up to 44 clamped return line and got good pressure,so we dont think is pump,checked plugs and they looked a little lean,checked charge line no oil and check intake manifold and no oil in it either
What u guys think this cud be.By the way sometimes u start it up and one crank it turns and no missing or pinging

sounds like a timing issue to me.
check the mechanical timing, make sure its on. then ignition timing.

I was thinking the same thing however i spoke to dr tweak and he suggested looking at my grounding and funny enuff i think right after moving the battery to the back it took a little longer to start than normal but things were fine so im gonna check that out to.
Also thanks again about the sb46.I bought the turbo and not the kit so ill see how it runs