I have no Idea where to start

Stephen_Bull said
It has the black round air filter thing, just no air filter. And it has one side going to s valve cover just not the other. It starts and runs and theres not alot of vapor coming out of the valve covers so I'm guessing the rings shouldnt be too bad. It definatly isn't a fan of quick throttle and it stumbles unless you slowly get on it. I gave it new plugs, new distributor innards, and a new fuel filter. The fuel going to the filter looks really clean so probably not rust in tank(?). I'm guessing the timing is off or something else is acting up. I'll have to get a timing light and the manual l, as everyone seems to agree on that.

Stephen B.

Yeah, Carter BBDs are not exactly known for being great...I drove mine around for maybe a year or so before getting tired of fighting with it and went with a 4bbl...

Your base timing probably should be about 8-10* BTDC, but would probably run better at 12. There are plenty of threads on here about the process to get a good idle, so I'll let your fingers do the walking-the search bar sometimes doesn't give the returns you want, but keep at it. While you're doing the adjustments, pop the cap off and make a quick check of your advance mechanism and your vacuum can with a hand held pump...if the diaphragm in there leaks you won't have any vacuum advance + a leak...if the weights stick or don't swing out, you won't have reliable mechical advance.

Look up @RustyRatRod for some of his advice...