Is the starter not making enough compression to get combustion? With as many times as I've tried to start it over the past week, I can't see where another problem would be as the car should've started by now if it were getting proper compression.

Is there a certain rpm the tach should read at when turning the engine over??? Currently the engine cranks about 200 rpms...it used to crank at 1000-1500 or so, maybe more?

The thing I wonder though is that could there be a fuel problem preventing it from running? The car DID run before I replaced the starter, but I was having to crank it over a period of about 5 minutes to get it to start in the morning and pump the gas pedal like 50 times or so. The car would eventually start and after it did, it would run fine until it got cold again, then I'd have to start again at square 1 of long cranking moments.

I'm 90% sure it's the starter too...but 10% is telling me there is not sufficient fuel delivery (or both). I've looked for white smoke out the exhaust and do see it when the car is 'knocking' as I'm turning it over (as in wants to start but for some reason can't totally get there).