Carb Tuning / Vacuum Problems?

I got the new plug wires on and they fit super tight. Part of the problem may have been that it's so dang hard to get the back two drivers side wires on with the hi-po manifold. I'm still not sure my new ones are on there all the way, but I'll fire it up and see. May have screwed up the plugs with all this stuff too so I'll look at them when I do the compression test later.

horsehead said

Verify the plug wires in relation to tdc by removing the #1 spark plug ,And distributor cap.plug the hole with a finger,slowly turn the engine over in the direction of rotation until you feel air pushing your finger out. This will put you close to tdc.Now continue to turn until your timing marks align.This is tdc on the compression stroke.Check that the rotor is indeed pointing to #1 wire on the distributor cap.If its not correct this by reinstalling plug wires in their proper order starting with #1. The rotor should be pointing to #1 and towards the front of the engine.

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Done minus checking that it was compression stroke, but it has to be or the thing would be sparking 180 degrees wrong and there's no way it would run. It wasn't pointing right at 1, more like 1/3 of the way between 1 and the next wire ( 8 ), which I figured was for the advance.