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recheck your timing/firing order/vac leak. EDIT the more I think about this I'm thinking massive vac leak but is this an open plenum intake and the (1) carb is (temporarily) feeding all (8) cyls?
Correct. A tri-power intake with the front and rear carbs removed and blocked off with metal plates.
Center carb only at the moment. Timing is set at 10 degrees BTDC and it starts fine. Have about 20 degrees at 1800 rpm but can't get it to go any higher. Firing order has been confirmed 4 or 5 times... first thing I thought of.
It is possible I supose that the block has been decked or heads shaved enough to have a miss match between the intake and heads but it "looks" OK. Don't know how I would check that very easily.
Last edited by Centerline; 03/16/10 09:48 PM.
