[Goat Blower]

Yeah, your computer won't be powered while you're cranking, that's the problem I had running a laptop with a bad battery. You can actually see if you're getting spark by your tachometer jumping just a bit while cranking.

I'm no pro and it took me about 15 minutes to get my AEM hooked up and started. You did set the base timing at 5 degrees and set the AEM the same, correct? You'll have to immediately match up the timing between the two once the car is running.