Well, I made it out there tonight. I degreed it with the used chain and with the new double roller. The used chain showed to be roughly .5* retarded. The new chain was 1* retarded, which I corrected with an offset keyway. I verified my numbers three times. I just don't get it. Unless its just because the engine only has about 1 hour of run time and 4 miles on it. Perhaps the rings need to seat. I didn't lean on it too hard, but part throttle was definitely off. I guess ill throw it back together and see how it does. This was mainly a mpg build, however I didn't want to use the stock roller cam, as I figured that would make it even worse in the get-up-and-go department


1969 Nova
454/M21/3.31
Mild mid-11 second weekend cruiser

1994 F150 XLT Super Cab 2WD
5.0/4R70W/3.55
(Daily driver)