318 Engine stumble

Haven't been back in the shop yet.

What I'm going to do is check the distributor for play and/or
install the electronic one I have for the 76 which I just checked for play and found it to be tight. Put in a new guide for the shaft.

Regap the plugs

Reset the timing as said above starting at 12° from the 8° it's set at now. Get total timing as well.

Maybe shut down the back two barrels? See if that changes anything.

So far when I was timing it. The mark was not jumping around. I know the motor is older and probably has that plastic coated chain on it 1976 engine out of a charger. I bought a double true roller to put on it.

Also bought a high volume melling pump with a hardened shaft and a gasket kit. Can I run this pump with a stock pan?

If I can't find the problem there I'll check the transfer slots. When I got the carb. The butterfly's were open 1/8" and I didn't know the setting for the right adjustment so I guessed.


Electronic distributor. What is the advance like on this thing? Is there any improvement thst can be done to it?


Other than that I'm considering putting a performer intake on it instead of the streetmaster. The performer has a/c holes I've heard.....Porting the heads quite a bit. And running between a 250-270 cam. Leaning on 270° with stock compression. And putting 235lbs springs....edelbrock sure seat

Adding the short headman headers with 2.5 exhaust.

Changing out the gears from 2.76 to 3.55 with locks......same stall?

I don't want to get crazy with this thing. 300hp or close is fine with me. Adding factory a/c

All the added stuff might take a while

I'm ready for this thing to run well. The heater won't come on unfortunately. Might be a bad switch