Finally got the car put back together and was able to drive it. I drove the car twice locally, didn’t go very far because I need to adjust the kick down cable to get it to shift into 3rd, however I did drive it until it was warm (T-stat open) and I did vary the RPM/speed somewhat. A few observations that perhaps you can lend some insight on;
1. The car seemed to surge during idle
2. It seems like most of the time I try to start it, it will crank a few times and then back fire through the intake causing me to release the key. Then the next time I crank it, it will start.
3. The second time I drove the car, as I accelerated trying to get the car to shift, it died suddenly. Complete shutdown of the system. I coasted to a stop, then attempted to restart it, it took a few tries but then started. I drove home and when I came to a stop in my driveway it died again, this time it took more than a few tries to get it started, after which it died about 2 minutes later as I tried to enter my shop.
The car had about ¾ tank of premium in it so I do not think fuel supply is an issue. I do however think I am still have some type of timing problem.
