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Wow you hate your battery and your starter too!
Stage 0 pal- no one can help you until stage 0.
Hell, even valve clearances first, see what happens.
Fuel pump or check valve?? What pump are you running? Sounds like it's not getting fuel, but damn, that screeching isn't good. Belts tight, or is that coming from the head?
Definitely something else amiss for sure. Swap to stock injectors and FPR, make sure it starts normal on those. If not, get that fixed, set valve clearances, then go from there. Hell, even valve clearances first, see what happens.
sorry no ones responding but your pretty much figuring it out for yourself..its not rocket surgery.
did you collect all those shims from junkyard cars? i need to get some because a couple of mine are way more off than yours and theres no junkyards around that contain any volvos
Question...what is the clearance spec for the CAM, not the engine? Trust me, go for around .016-.018" on that cam, should really help.
Also, what I do on any shimming, is do each one separate. Run the cam around until the lobe is straight up, set clearance, do the next one closest to being straight up, and just work thru them all. Never had an issue.