Ed, holding the gas pedal to the floor helps if the engine is flooded (let's plenty of air in). From my experience with my 440's though, its tough to flood a cold 440, even with operating choke. D^2, 2x68s Quoting Print Bear <prntbear@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > This method is my mantra with carburetor equipped cars and it's served > me well right up to my current '68. Not sure why holding the pedal to > the floor works on a difficult starting situation, but it does. >> Ed > > EdH > '68 LeBaron FDHT > http://homepage.mac.com/printbear/PhotoAlbum3.html