I started the new engine this weekend, after getting the intermittent spark issue resolved, only to discover that I have some other issue.
When I tried to start the engine, it popped several times on successive turns, but wouldn't start.  After trying several times, I did get it to start, but it seemed to only be running on one rotor.  It died after 10-15 seconds, and I could not get it to restart, so I pushed it back inside and charged the battery.

I tried it again yesterday, and had a very hard time getting it to start.  It finally started, and I ran it for about a minute.  It ran very rough, and felt to me like it was running on only one rotor again.  After shutting it down, I felt both rotor housings to determine which one was running, and I was surprised that both felt the same temperature.  I suppose that this means that it was running on both rotors, but very rough, and not much power.  Both were warm, but definitely not hot after only a minute or so of running.

I get a consistent popping when cranking it over, that feels like the timing is way off.  I double checked the static timing and verified it was 35 BTC.  I tried moving it to about 25 BTC, and while I did not get it to start, the popping was the same.

I also verified that the injectors were wired correctly, by checking each one from the EC-2 connector.  The injector diagnostic, and ignition diagnostic check fine.  The only thing that I noticed that was odd was that while cranking, the EM-3 showed RPM (250-300), but while running it was reading zero.

It has been several months since I've added any fuel, so I was thinking of draining the fuel tank, and putting in some fresh fuel, but I suspect that is not the issue.
It seems to me that the timimng is way off or something.

Steve Brooks