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my car has the same problems in coldweather,i mess with the timing but all in all i just wait for the weather to warm up shes a cold blooded beast

i heard that the new rotella has a lower zinc content than the older stuff, i used brad penn break in oil

hey i know you might have solved your problem but heres something to chew on, i thought i had a lifter tap on my 340, that was quickly fixed by disconecting the pcv valve,yeah the pcv valve i got rattles just like a noisey valve train , like i said not likely to portain to your motor but just a...

i didn't use any on my brothers 360 and its been fine, and that motor gets beat on pretty hard but it think it was used on my 340

try to check the coolant level to see if the motor uses any, i have seen head gaskets put on upside down causing coolant to seep into the oil, hopefuly this is not the case tho

points and condensor are also cheap and itdoesn't hurt to have a spare, an easy way to set the gap is with a match book or about 3 sheet of paper, also i would check the spark plugs and plug wires,also it wouldn't hurt to double check the ignition timing

could it be an issue with the voltage regulator not giving you enough juice, i know from experiance with ecu's on heavy equipment that if there is a slight change in voltage they won't work the way there supposed to, i have no clue about msd maybe this will help maybe not

yea just don'tdo like my brother did, he left the hold down a little loose so that when we were shakin it down he could just jump out of the car and adjust it as needed but he left it too loose and it kept on moving on us, it was really agravating but he is the best for sticking his hands into a...

From what im told those 400s have crapy flowing heads, i have one and was gunna get it rebuilt but my engine machinst said i might as well wait because you can get a stroker crank for them and with some head work and the right cam 450-500 horse is pretty easy to get. i don't know a hole lot...

you just go opposite the rotaion of the distibuter to advance it,this holds true to any motor. a small block mopar has a clockwise rotation so you go counter clockwise to advance the timing however a big block is just the opposite

its not some sort of voltage regulator orelectronic ignition is it?

well thanks for all the help, my vacum advance hosekept coming loose so i repaired that. I messed withthe most of the afternoon then finally i gave the distributor a slight turn. with a little more tweaking i think i got this problem solved what had happened was that when we were swapping out...

the carb does have vacumsecondaries and it came with 3 springs black, stock, yellow. i think i used the yellow which i thought was the lightest spring, i'll have to check

freshly rebuilt 340, holley street avenger, orange box,and 2 wire ditributor. stock 6 cyl coil and voltage regulator. problem occurs when i am at crusing speed and "floor it" the motor spits and studders then takes off like a bat out of hell. i am almostpositve it isn't detonation,i pulled...

I made a priming tool my self, i just took an allen wrench that matched the size of the oil pump drive shaft, cut the bend off of it and welded it to a piece of round stock that fitsin my cordless drill chuck. call me cheap but some times you gotta do what you gotta do