Still hesitating

R3N0 said
I'm going to try adjusting the mix a little. I got rid of the hesitation, it's a bit sluggish on the top end, I know this cam says it makes power from 1000rpm to 5000rpm but I dont get anywhere near 5000rpm. Getting it to 2500 rpm is a challenge... but maybe not a problem as I'm doing 70mph at 1800 rpm. I'm thinking that maybe now would be a good time to hook up the vacuum assist and get a bit more timing on the low end. Also if I put a heavier spring in the distributor will that allow the rpms to climb higher? Does it allow for more pickup ? Also looking at limiting the all in timing as its 20*... this would allow me to put more timing into inital while still holding it at 36* just some thoughts and questions I have. Thanks for all the info yall.

CHANGE ONE THING AT A TIME AND GET BACK TO US before YOU CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE.

Can we get an ADHD specialist assigned to technical questions? JFC....

Tuning is not a one n done "ideal setting" thing. You might dial in some more timing, and then discover it'll take more or less fuel. Then when you get your fuel perfect, see if it'll take more or less timing. Then after all that gets figured out, you start looking at what you need from it.

Maybe you have a bad combo like a torque converter for a semi truck combined with an intake for a jet airliner.
Pick ONE THING, and work on that. Once you get to a certain point, leave that thing alone and go to the next.
a GOOD tuner looks like they're diddling all the knobs at once, but they're not, they're going through a process and they know what they're looking for so as soon as they get it, they move on.

dial in your carb, leave timing out of it for now. Later, you can switch but you're just chasing your tail when you mix it all up.