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Note first that it's an almost 8 year old thread. It wasn't meant to be complete, nor to address issues like the one you mention. It was aimed mostly at no spark or no fuel issues, with a few "other" ideas tossed in at the end.

A coolant temp sensor can definitely cause hard starts and it's pretty well known to those of us that work on cars, especially LT1s. I've started up LT1s without the water pump (and therefore without the coolant temp sensor plugged in). At the time, the engines had been apart and without fuel pressure, so a hard start would go unnoticed. But they did start, and if they ran ok (mainly checking proper opti install), then we shut them down quickly and then added the water pump.

BTW, It's good to see people still working on the LT1. My latest has been sitting neglected for about a year now.

I'm studying on campus 10-12 hours a day 6-7 days a week. On my off time I've been fixing shit around the house because of our shitty water. I installed a carbon filter and water softener two weeks ago, so that will fix a lot of it. I'm absolutely blown about both by how much time I'm putting into these classes and the fact that I'm actually able to commit that hard.

I'm just ready for this summer to get here so I can work an actual job again.

My shit fell through. It's still sitting in the garage.

I'm sure it won't be long...

Very nice. I almost picked one up a few years ago. Great bikes.