[Hotfingrs]

RaceDeck,

You're describing a couple of different problems....in your first post, then answers you got were right on the money...fuel pressure or electrical...now you're saying that after you shut it down it's hard to start...smells like gas...etc. This sounds like the fuel is percolating out of the fuel bowls. This happens after you shut an engine down and underhodd temperatures build to the point where the gas boils out of the carb and into the intake runners. Upon restarting 2 things happen. All the gas in the bowls is now in the runners and on your plugs. Secondly, the fuel bowls are empty and take time to fill back up. Look at reducing underhood temps when you shut down...and also a phenolic spacer under the carb to keep heat away from it...and yes these things will happen even if your car runs cool...it all happens after shutdown