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I finally got this car dialed in good with lots of troubleshooting and help from you guys. locked my timing in at 36 degrees and it runs smooth all the way up to 6500rpm. and i've got exhaust put on with a air fuel gauge and even with my tight love separation it's helped me sort out idling and...

i have never degrees a cam yet so i'm sure it would be a learning curve. do you have to get tdc by pulling the head on the ds or could i just stick something through the spark plug hole and have someone rotate the engine?

i agree, when i had my 318 still in it and i went from full exhaust with manifolds to open headers it was a very noticeable difference in the bottom end. this next spring i hope to get full exhaust on it as well. should make it a bit more lively in low rpm

TTI shorty headers with about a foot of pipe coming off the flange

yea verified balancer is reading right with TDC. and i've got a few carbs to play with to troubleshoot it out. i'd also like to swap to HEI or an msd box of the sorts at some point

glad to see people on here can appreciate non mopar stuff. i've got an s10 too that i want to make a stick drag truck out of. but only so much time to do what i want. my dart right now is definitely priority

i know this is not what this thread is about but do you think my plug readings are so black because of my engine wanting so much initial timing?

it does ha. i live in iowa and half the year it's too cold to do anything outside. i've got a 68 torino gt i gotta get busy on body work wise (ford i know i know) so i've got plenty to keep me busy this winter though. next year i want to get to the track a lot more. and yea i understand that...

definitely has the torque to roast the tires. spins through 2nd with no foot brake on the street. but absolutely no spin when i hit the track. i have a feeling my poor timing curve at the time had something to do with that though. wish i could've gotten out again before it got so cold

yes it revs to 6k very smoothly now. i was so impressed how much of a difference that made. i think based off of my plug readings though i've got a bit of tuning to do with my carb. i've got pretty mild jets and a 3.5hg power valve to accommodate my 7 pounds of vacuum at idle and one step...

i agree too, i've seen much more streetable cars run same ET or better. i think once i throw in my A/F ratio gauge next spring and dial in my carb/ timing curve i'll be a lot happier. don't get me wrong this car is a blast to drive. minus MS/MB lolz

150+ psi on all cylinders. i made the newbie mistake of not degreeing the cam when i put it together, this was my first engine build after all. but double checked dots are lined up. at some point i want to rebuild the engine with better heads, higher lift roller cam and maybe some stroke lol. at...

yes i've since fixed the timing advance and it's much better. revs like it should very smooth through the whole rpm

found some pics of my plugs after i got home from the track!! and some pics of the car too lol. not the best pics of the plugs but i remembered i took them.

for sure, next spring i'll get some run time and shoot you some pics of my plugs. i bought this car 3 years ago for 4000 bucks with the 318/904 and all. going to the track a few time's influenced me to do more to it. although looking back i would've just build a 360 for it because damn big...

lolz love your advice. yes throttle is opening all the way although i did have that issue at one point. i have yet to get good at reading plugs but they don't look terrible. 150psi on all cylinders. and i don't dare let my buds work on it as they're all into hondas and imports. but i'm only 19...

i street drive it every now and then so i went with the 3000-3500 stall and it flashes to 3000. i could withstand more stall on the street though as i'm not too bothered by it. thanks for the advice on the timing. not sure why it likes so much initial though. anything below 25 and it idles like...

that's what i was thinking. you think my hiccup with timing could cause that slow of a time?

Finally got my car together this summer and i ran it at an 1/8 mile no prep near me. the car is a full interior 74 swinger with a mild 440 with stock cast bottom end besides speed pro L2355F pistons home ported open chamber cast heads with new seats and valves. carb is a 750vs holley. it's got...

in his directions he's got the governor shown in the bottom of the picture that i provided. while i've got the one shown at the top where it says to not modify if it's that style. but like i said that's the directions for the TF2 kit not the TF3 so i don't know if i should just modify it like...

I am installing the TF3 transgo manual shift kit into my 727 and i've ran into a problem with my 1-2 governor valve. the picture i've included is from the instructions for the Tf2 shift kit and it says don't modify the governor if it looks like the one i've circled, but says nothing about this...

Looking for 70-72 dart front clip to put on my 74. let me know what you've got. as close to 51105 sioux city IA as possible

440n source has a set of "johnson" lifters and they claim they're american made. You figure those would be any good?

btw no lash adjustments on a factory bb setup. hydraulic.

Hey guys i had a flat tappet cam fail on me last weekend and i decided to give it another shot. i was wondering what springs people have ran for similar setups as mine for cam break in. .507 Lift On stock heads. the kit i got had single springs that came with it. maybe those are fine for break...

well im running this cam Big Mutha' Thumpr 243/257 Hydraulic Flat Cam for Chrysler 383-440 and i know there's not a lot of good things said about it but i already bought it before i read any bad reviews on it. but my point is my car is already dialed for this cam with a 2600 stall converter and...

Yeah ive done a lot of reading now and i realize a roller setup has a lot more to it than just some lifters and a cam. But if i were to take and buy the same cam and lifters IF EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKS GOOD and i went to go break it in, what do i do differently to ensure it doesn't have the same...

wow not so good. what did the rest of your engine look like?

alright yeah that was similar to what i did. when i look at the failure i see that them not spinning was the cause of failure but when my dad was looking at the pushrods he said that they were all spinning but some were spinning very slow. was that a red flag or what needed to be done there?

i know. and mine were the opposite after 30 minutes LOL. from what i understand the flat tappet lifters quality have decreased a lot in the last few years. makes me a bit upset because i just want to get a quality cam for my car without going roller but that seems to not be the case.