O.K. I've had this car running for 3 days now and I'm getting frustrated. I'm having a few different problems, so here goes. First the car won't idle at all, it stumbles and hunts till it finally dies. When attempting to restart it it cranks and cranks till finally after a few minutes it finally catches. When it does fire it smokes like a train for a few and runs rough. I'm pretty sure it's fuel smoke due to the injectors washing down the cylinder during cranking. It's probably fouyling a plug at the same time. Next is # 4 header tubes is glowing for about 3 inches down the pipe after a short drive. I've checked the plug and it's dark brown to black colored. I have the initial timing @ 10deg and FP @ 40psi. I currently have an autologic chip in it. The tune isn't perfect but it wont run at all without it. I have'nt really had it over 4000rpm yet, I did free rev it a couple times to 4500 and could still feel a bit of a shake or misfire. I'm kinda at a loss here and could use some feedback and or motivation:) I will be getting a new tune as soon as I put 4 or 5 hundred miles on it. Until then I'd just like the car to be driveable and safe. I read on Alternative Auto's website that they sometimes will set initial timing to around 20 deg, leave the spout connector out and manage timing with the BTM. Could this work for me? I'm not totally confident in this chip since I think it caused my last meltdown:mad: Thanks in advance for any replies. Mike.