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We are trying to help but we are not mind readers. Is your timing at 10,8,6 BTDC? I put my timing tape on backwards lol and couldn't figure why my car ran like *** until someone ( Here ) pointed it out 
and I'd like to think I know what I'm doing. You said vacuum is good but did not elaborate if you used a gauge while setting carbs. or what is good? 15,18,20 ? You can add a pic of what your plugs look like and what # and not from the outside either. Don't say plugs are good. Usually when I get hung up on something it's because I assume good and go on looking elsewhere. If I were you, I would step back. Write a better detail description of all that is (good) with why and how you know that. Do't be afraid to add pics as well. I never would have fixed my issue if I did not add a pic. Need tire size and what rear gear? That pick truck in video probably has 4:12 ratio or better. JMO
Good luck!
and I'd like to think I know what I'm doing. You said vacuum is good but did not elaborate if you used a gauge while setting carbs. or what is good? 15,18,20 ? You can add a pic of what your plugs look like and what # and not from the outside either. Don't say plugs are good. Usually when I get hung up on something it's because I assume good and go on looking elsewhere. If I were you, I would step back. Write a better detail description of all that is (good) with why and how you know that. Do't be afraid to add pics as well. I never would have fixed my issue if I did not add a pic. Need tire size and what rear gear? That pick truck in video probably has 4:12 ratio or better. JMOGood luck!
Charrlie_S
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How do you know the "dot" is right?
Let Me guess, politicians & bureaucratic 'experts' tole' You,.......even when they are correct, they have no idea why, ..........maybe Huckleberry Hound will hop on His private jet that burns unicorn farts & fly out to tell You which bugs to eat, & which sandals to wear while You forage for them in the outback.........
slantsixdan
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Leaded crack smoked from a lead pipe is right on the dot. YOU HEAR ME ITS RIGHT ON THE DOT U CØCK SO STOP ABOUT THE TIMING AND MAKE MY CAR RUN GOOD RIGHT NOW! GNAP! GNAP!! GNAP!!!
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The first step in improving your power situation is to remove the slant six......
Or improve the attitude while simultaneously communicating in common English using accepted & understandable technical terms & references......
Dave999
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In this country we were told the removal of lead would improve health....
i suppose it did, it would appear to have resulted in a massive reduction in football/soccer based crowd violence, hooliganism, antisocial behaviour and violent crime.
I worked in a lead factory at one point...space suit and blood test every 3 weeks..... id say everyone there was just a little bit ....bonkers
Lead was the least of my worries. We used to put antimony and Selenium in it, plastic bag fulls dropped into the melting pots from a crane....
you do not wanna be breathing that
far enough off topic....
Dave
i suppose it did, it would appear to have resulted in a massive reduction in football/soccer based crowd violence, hooliganism, antisocial behaviour and violent crime.
I worked in a lead factory at one point...space suit and blood test every 3 weeks..... id say everyone there was just a little bit ....bonkers
Lead was the least of my worries. We used to put antimony and Selenium in it, plastic bag fulls dropped into the melting pots from a crane....
you do not wanna be breathing that
far enough off topic....
Dave
Well boys and girls, I’ve come to the conclusion that this post was started by a highly massaged AI computer and not real. The reason for all the tom foolery is because the computer has no concept because it got its info from watching Chevrolet on line magazine builds.
Lots of shine and no gusto. Kinda like dealing with people back when Pro-Street was popular.
Lots of shine and no gusto. Kinda like dealing with people back when Pro-Street was popular.
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Well, there's more smog, but it's lead free smog, which counts for something. Seems the politicians completely garbled the message but at least that time they lucked into taking the right action for the wrong reason.
Compare to what happened in the UK where someone got the idea that since heat pumps are efficient, they should set a goal to replace boilers with air-sourced heat pumps used to heat water for radiators (not a task they're good at) in 200 year old homes with no insulation (as if they can't think of more obvious ways to lower heating bills).
Compare to what happened in the UK where someone got the idea that since heat pumps are efficient, they should set a goal to replace boilers with air-sourced heat pumps used to heat water for radiators (not a task they're good at) in 200 year old homes with no insulation (as if they can't think of more obvious ways to lower heating bills).
While it sure feels that way, pretty sure the OP bought that twin 1bbl manny off of @MidnightSwinger ,...so it is sadly all too real....Well boys and girls, I’ve come to the conclusion that this post was started by a highly massaged AI computer and not real. The reason for all the tom foolery is because the computer has no concept because it got its info from watching Chevrolet on line magazine builds.
Lots of shine and no gusto. Kinda like dealing with people back when Pro-Street was popular.
MidnightSwinger
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Yep, he is 17 I believe.
BillGrissom
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Spinning tires is how bro's turn a V-8 Mustang from $40k to scrap value in 3 sec.
For high HP, a slant needs better breathing, since the head has restricted flow. Boost is the answer. The latest motorized blowers might be the easiest, but haven't read of anyone trying one.
For high HP, a slant needs better breathing, since the head has restricted flow. Boost is the answer. The latest motorized blowers might be the easiest, but haven't read of anyone trying one.
Slantsix64
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You need gearing and a 4 speed. My slant can spin the tires through a intersection with 245 60 15x7 wheels and tires.
Get the early 4 speed with the 3.09 first and a minimum of 3.23 gears out back.
Also my motor isn’t stock but even when I had a stock 225 with a 1 barrel and with a four speed and 3.23 it would still chirp it.
Get the early 4 speed with the 3.09 first and a minimum of 3.23 gears out back.
Also my motor isn’t stock but even when I had a stock 225 with a 1 barrel and with a four speed and 3.23 it would still chirp it.
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Nope. Ambient lead levels dropped significantly as a direct result of Australia's shift to unleaded motor fuel and adoption of catalytic converters, yes, and so did just about every other pollutant of concern. Not just a little, either. by 2015, urban ambient carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, VOCs, PM₂ to PM₅, and sulphur dioxide emissions from motor vehicles in Australia were less than half what they were in 2000. y'know, kinda pretty much exactly the same thing that happened in every other country on the planet when they made the same switch, one by one. The data's easy to find for Australia and pretty much all the rest of the world, for anyone interested in finding it.
There are still one or two dillweeds going "Hurrrrr, derp, unleaded fuel is a big scam; it didn't clean up the air at all" in just about every country. No matter how many times they say it (or "seatbelts are stupid; it's safer to be thrown clear", or "smoking cigarettes isn't bad for you like they say", etc) it's still baseless nonsense.
There's no shame in ignorance; it's curable.
Willful ignorance is ugly and shameful.
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Average elevation in Montana is 3400ft
The lowest is ~1800, and
granite Peak is at ~12,800
No matter how you slice it, yeah, performance will not only "feel a little off", but will truly BE off, and by quite a lot.
No amount of timing can fix this; nor any amount of carburetion.
I you wish to burn rubber with the slanty, at your elevation, it will need to be "supercharged".
Sorry for your predicament, and
sorry for the crap-attitude that your particular FABO welcoming-committee put you thru; you just got the best of the worst, all on the same date. It wasn't like this a few years ago.
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What goes around, comes around — you get what you give, so don't dish it out if you can't take it. I was taught that starting in kindergarten; how 'bout you?
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Dan,
The same people in Australia that are telling you unleaded fuel 'worked' are telling us Aussies that renewable energy [ wind, solar ] will reduce power prices. So far, my power bill has almost doubled & is expected to keep increasing. Believe what you like.
The same people in Australia that are telling you unleaded fuel 'worked' are telling us Aussies that renewable energy [ wind, solar ] will reduce power prices. So far, my power bill has almost doubled & is expected to keep increasing. Believe what you like.
unleaded gas did clean things up in the 60's and 70's there was always a cloud of **** smog around big cities some places like Europe screwed up by pushing Dweasel which introduced large particulate pollution . not good .
Unleaded gas was a good move
Unleaded gas was a good move
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Ayup. Part of what drives this whining about how useless and stupid [cleaner fuel, tighter emissions standards, etc] are is that most of the people doing the whining do not remember what it was like before. Read this about Chrysler's world-first emissions control system and why they did it (incl '63 Dart road test). And this about the dawn of the catalytic converter, and how Chrysler was one of the companies that got it right/GM got it wrong. (both articles are mine).
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I presume by "smog" Bewy means pollution that creates a visible haze rather than any specific chemical, and I'll take his word for it that he's seeing more of that. But even if the quantity has increased, its overall toxicity has dropped a lot.
Politicians pushing the wrong benefits, or latching onto a specific technology instead of a specific outcome, aren't doing anyone any favors. In the case of leaded gas, it (1) cuts out a rather nasty pollutant on its own, and (2) allows running catalytic converters, O2 sensors, and other emissions controls that create further pollution reduction, but won't do that on its own. So I could see a scenario where a switch to leaded gas on its own combined with an area ending up with more cars that do not have other emissions controls could end up with visible local smog levels rising even if the smog is less toxic.
Politicians pushing the wrong benefits, or latching onto a specific technology instead of a specific outcome, aren't doing anyone any favors. In the case of leaded gas, it (1) cuts out a rather nasty pollutant on its own, and (2) allows running catalytic converters, O2 sensors, and other emissions controls that create further pollution reduction, but won't do that on its own. So I could see a scenario where a switch to leaded gas on its own combined with an area ending up with more cars that do not have other emissions controls could end up with visible local smog levels rising even if the smog is less toxic.
Definitely time for a Turbo Encabulator if it's "Off the Chart and On the Dot" as you say...
Here ya go...
Synchronizing the Cardinal Grameters is Where it's at!
Here ya go...
Synchronizing the Cardinal Grameters is Where it's at!
jos51700
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Ok, I'll try to state what others are stating here, and I'll try not to be a dick. You do the same and we'll get along great.
OP, what the guys in the thread are saying is, you need to actually go back, do the difficult thing, and actually check the things they're asking you about, and this is a good example. Vacuum isn't 'good', nor is it 'bad'. He's looking for a number, at an RPM, with the driving condition. It's X inches at 3000 RPM at 150mph. If I ask you to check a fuse or an alternator, I don't want to hear 'it's good'. I want to know what the resistance measurement of the fuse was, or, what the output voltage measurement of the alternator was, etc.
When it comes to vacuum, let's say you have 30 inches of vacuum. If you have a drag race huge overlap cam and it's idling at 200 rpm, something is wrong.
Same for timing. There's a lot more than timing 'on the dot'. Google 'cam degreeing'. You can line up the dots on the cam and be WAY off.
Same for ignition timing. There's timing advance, initial timing, vacuum advance, etc. and etc. We need numbers and how/when you got those numbers, not 'yeah yeah it's fine'. 50 degrees of timing is WAY different at idle than it is at 60mph cruise. One is OK, one is very very not ok.
When you pay a guy to tune your car, he shouldn't be going, 'yeah this or that is good'. He should be saying stuff like, this measured at X, that measured at Y, and that should be closer to Z.
These guys are smarting off to you because you're not pickup up what they're laying down (and what they're doing isn't right, either), but I can tell you right now that you will NOT find more knowledgeable people for what you're asking. Some of the people on this site are writing the magazine articles and conducting the YouTube videos that you're finding and trying to learn from.
I'm not trying to be mean here, but you've got to modify your approach a little and try to understand what they're asking you. I don't know you from Adam and I can tell from here that you're still kinda new to this. Be nice, apologize when needed (and you KNOW when that is), and if you don't know, just say, "I'm not sure what you mean, can you please elaborate?". THAT is how you will get ahead in life. Not by ****-talking people because they're banging their heads against a wall while they're trying to help you.
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