j-roadtatts

I'm stoked for you! Bet your giddy watching the collection of parts growing.

Cost of living here is high, as with where you are at I assume. The best route is cater to people in aspen for a seasonal job. Depending on your skills. A lot of the jobs are outdoor activity related.It's about the same as St Pete minus the heating vs ac difference in cost. I am just enjoying St Pete for now, but I may move in another few years. Not sure what I'm going to do yet. J Prices down here in ft myers and the PC area have grown so much we're on par with the sarasota area (you can get a much nicer house in sarasota as well). Tons of people moving up to your area for that reason. What does your girlfriend do vladd? If you don't mind me asking.

The carb is wrong because everything else is. I won't comment on his hatred of Holley. Honestly, I woukd get some casting numbers off the heads geton the Mustang forums and get more information. You just need to know what you have first. There's so much knowledge out there and engines are simple machines. Yep, that motor can swallow the carb IF the rest is built to matchRyan, I trust AND respect your opinion. Please give it to me blunt, I can handle it. Infact I am pretty hard headed and can be very ignorant, if you hadn't noticed. I need friends that give it to me straight, to jolt me into perspective. I won't get affended I promise. Sean, I think you already know how to handle me. Please tell me what I'm missing? Speak your mind. My wife says I have Aspergur's disorder, emphasis on the "ass".

Good luck! Thank you sir. I have barely driven the car, so my cone awareness is going to suck.Hopefully it will be a noticeable difference Aaron. I would love a report back.

Like almost $1,800 for this deck. I debated breaking up the cost by doing sections over the course of the next few years. But in reality I don't care THAT much, so it will just get painted. I will still do trex on the front deck though. As it gets heavy traffic and is a pain to repaint.

Cost of living here is high, as with where you are at I assume. The best route is cater to people in aspen for a seasonal job. Depending on your skills. A lot of the jobs are outdoor activity related.

Talked to step brother. He says install a smaller carb for starters. He is not a fan of holley's either, and thinks thats 1/2 my problem. and then the smart route after that's change cams, for street-ability. So basically re-rebuild the top end. Tear it down and get an engine builders advice, and possibly just hand the job over. (most likely at this point)

Where trex REALLY shines is as handrails, but that's added cost.

Those mountains.... flat land is so damn boring! You would feel SOOO claustrophobic nestled in these mountains. I can't imagine ever having claustrophobia, agoraphobia possibly, though the closest I've come to that is big sky at night. I was raised in the Appalachian mountains. I miss the mountains but not enough to put up with the cold just yet. Snowbird?

Mine comes up to almost double that. ouch I am just going to paint the rear deck, but will still trex the front when I rebuild it. I am thinking the textured paint might last a little longer. Haven't picked a brand yet though.

You're really not the only one, that's the current situation I'm in right now. I love to cook but I hate only cooking meals for me and I'm not super into left overs. I love leftovers, said no one ever. Learning to make smaller batches is key.

I bet your excited! How soon til the bass drops?

Hopefully you can go visit mom when you need a home cooked meal. Didn't you know, we renamed the hop Seans food network. My mother stopped cooking too. She does small prepared meals through out the day. My sister, on the other hand, is a great vegetarian cook. Your sister and I would get along great. I practically live on veggies!

Those mountains.... flat land is so damn boring! You would feel SOOO claustrophobic nestled in these mountains.

IDK if they are HiPo, but highly doubt it. Was a 2bbl stock iirc. Heres the thing Ryan, cousin is a moron. I have not met him yet. BUT based on the rest of the car, I am sure he went all tweeker on it, and just threw the cam in there. "Dude, its ready for the track maaaan!!!!", were his exact words when BIL got it from him. And believe me, there was nothing ready about the car. I just test drove. Now need to reset the idle curb speed bc its stalling stopped in gear. No hesitation though!!! So here's where I think I'm at. I don't know shit about how its built, other than the heads are to small for what I am trying to achieve. I may just be chasing my tail trying to tackle this on my own. I think my best resource is to go talk to a person at a local engine shop.

Wait, are you saying I should be on the short bus?

Suck, squeeze, bang, blow.Vacuum is created on the initial stroke which fills the cylinders. The up stroke compresses the air/fuel mixture. Spark ignites the mixture which forces the piston down or the power stroke, then final stroke back up is to exhaust the gases and empty the cylinder to begin again. Poor choice of words on my part. Should've said, vacuum strength can being manipulated with timing. Without overthinking it, I believe this is because of the thermal aspect. Am I wrong in theory?I am pretty keen on the four cycles btw, but still appreciate your knowledge. Cam timing yes. The reason you hear "big" cams having a lopey idle is they are struggling to stay running due to valve overlap. You have both valves open at the same time, but not fully, and vacuum quickly ,goes away. This is why some radical cars need to run a vacuum pump.Temp of course will affect it as well, but cam timing is the big determining factor. Yes it has a very lumpy cam. Did not realize both valves are opening at the same time, big clue. Unfortunately I do not know the cam specs.I started with the timing at 12 degrees before top dead center at idle (factory spec), and it had hard start and was sluggish. Moved the timing to 18 BTDC, and was better, now at 28 BTDC at idle and starts good, and runs like a rapped ape at higher rpms. I changed the mechanical to only advance 8 degrees and all in by 2000 rpms. So idle is 28 and advanced total timing is 36 degrees. Did I get carried away with the idle timing? What benifit does a race car get from locking the timing out at 36, with no advance? Can the cam be clocked when installed, throwing me off? Ambient temp could play into it. I started setting everything up in the winter. That's another factor I forgot. If you're running fine and not getting any knock, I wouldn't worry about your timing. Just be aware hotter air is less dense and more prone to preignition. Your cam may be advanced ir retarded depending on sprockets. So you are saying I may need to back the advance off bc its warmer ouside now? How would the cam sprocket play into the equation, or how could it effect me?

Factory heads.

I think a lot of my problem is Several small vacuum leaks. Too small to detect with propane or carb cleaner. I reinstalled the card last night and feel I eliminated that leak. I am going to recheck the torque on the manifold. Then cap All vacuum lines again. I feel I may have the wrong PCV valve also. I will do this and report back after a shakedown run. I have an awesome gradual sloped Road next to my house that is great for applying a load.

On the plus side, I got to watch Ivy whoop ass in tennis yesterday!

Unfortunately cousin had the motor built, BIL bought it from cousin and lost the paperwork for the engine work. I doubt that the heads were done though. They did not even look ported when I had the manifold off.

I do think the key after all little things are sorted out, will be dialing the accerator pump to fill the void. Timing is numero uno in the whole process though.

No knocking sounds.More timing=more heat=more power? Not looking for efficiency, but more POWER! I have a 650 cfm carb, the engine is a 289ci. The reason I'm not asking the mustang forum is they will just tell me carb is to big. I disagree with them for my setup. Might need to find a racing forum. Have you done head work? Even with a big bump stick that carb is too big. And btw, you ARE looking for efficiency. Power is proportional to efficiency. I have not done head work. My understanding is a bigger carb will net in poorer fuel economy only. The efficiency I think I am looking for is max cylinder pressure.

I have the arms gap shrunk at this point, anymore and it will pop the diaphragm.. I installed a 35 nozzle last night, up from a 31. The carb has the 35cc accerator pump, any bigger nozzle requires a 50cc pump be installed. The thing is the accelerator pump is about 15th in the order of tuning.

I would say the stumble is less at higher RPM's, really bad at idle and when punched at low cruising speed. I realize a vacuum leak will effect the lower rpm range as it has more effect at that point. I think I may have several very small leaks and is causing diagnostics to be more difficult. Most of my symptoms seem to point to that. There is a mechanical fuel pump now, which feeds the correct pressure at idle. I will check for fluctuations in fuel pressure at high rpms, when I fire it up this morning. May not be the sole causes, but I think its a good start.