Getting nervous about continuing to run this gt

Even with very low compression(I need to do a psi reading again) I gets up and moves very well and fun in traffic. But starting is very hard….

it revs pretty quick with the starter motor but most of the time will not start unless I put my foot into the accelerator some and then let off… then it will catch on low rpm and then will cycle up and down(to 1500 then back to 900 or so) until it warms up good.
The bad thing is it does experience a kick back like a back fire during starting again strange
Really do not want to burn/break a valve and do some major mess up of the engine.
Does not burn oil but does run rich to get it started… can smell gas…. only at start
