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Finally figured it out. The rotor button must have been the wrong one for the cap car just died one day and I discovered that part of the key inside of the rotor button was gone letting it free wheel. Got a new cap and rotor button in a kit fixed the problem. Aparanently the rotor button was...

Put new timing chain set on and BTW with the timing marks aligned on the sprockets the engine is on the exhaust tdc, I always thought that they were lined up on the compression stroke but it doesn't really matter as long as you instal the dist pointing to 1 when on compression stroke. Started...

Ok, turned the motor to tdc with the distributor pointing to #1 cylinder. Pulled the timing cover to have a look, the mark on the cam sprocket is on the top?? Shouldn' the distributor be pointing to # 1 when the cam sprocket marks line up? Did I have the distributor 180 out? With other engines...

Update: Disconnected vacuum advance no change same studdering. Swapped holley out for an edelbrock that a friend let me use same studdering. Changed distributor cap no help. Ran compression check all within 10 lbs however the pressure seems a bit low 95 to 105lbs but the engine does have a cam...

I actually swapped distributors used for used but no real noticable change. It has new plugs and used wires that are copper and I ohmed them out cap is new but I could swap with another one just to see. Thanks.

I have a hand choke so I might try pulling that on a bit at cruising speed and see if it smooths out by riching up the mixture. Thanks.

318 slight cam 270 solid lift, holley 600, points distributor idles fine accelerates excellant but runs rough at crusing speed under light load? Any ideas? Thanks.

What is a good plug to use on a 318 with standard compression 270 magnum solid com cam older single plane edelbrock with 4 speed in 65 barracuda? I was planing on using Champion 14's. Is that to hot?

New to the site but have been reading posts for a while, time to tap the knowledge. Working on a set of 318 HP heads 1.88/1.60 bought a Fel Pro engine gasket set and it had 8 of one style valve seal and 8 of another with no instructions. Can anyone tell me which is intake and which is exhaust? I...