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hatdragracer
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Now that my wiring is sorted out thanks to Geeks65 and Vetzs,
I currently have a holley 650CFM vac secondary, R43 plugs, Pertronix electronic ignition (points replacement)...and was having a lot of driveability problems at low throttle. Engine is a 327/300
I pulled the plugs last night and did a compression check (cold)
Cyl 1: 155
Cyl 3: 155
Cyl 5: 150
Cyl 7: 150
Cyl 8: 148
Cyl 6: 133
Cyl 4: 140
Cyl 2: 145
My overhaul manual says that if your max psi is 155, your min should be 117. My other overhaul manual says that the cylinders should be within 10%, meaning cylinder 6 is out of tolerance. I added oil to cylinder 6, the reading came up to 140. It also bothers me that the RH bank has altogether lower compression than the LH bank. I would love to know the forum's thoughts.
The plugs had lots of dry black soot, and last time it drove, would backfire through the carb at low throttle, timing as set at 10 degrees at idle (sorry I don't know total timing yet). I have ordered an Edelbrock carb as I am tired of messing with Holley's, I replaced a massive doublepumper with this vacuum secondary Holley and still cannot get it to run right. Vacuum readings were hunting between 15 and 18 on both carbs, idle was rough, and no power below 1500 rpm's.
What spark plugs should be used now that she is running on unleaded?
Any advice on carb tuning would be greatly appreciated, I thought I knew how but apparently I don't!
I currently have a holley 650CFM vac secondary, R43 plugs, Pertronix electronic ignition (points replacement)...and was having a lot of driveability problems at low throttle. Engine is a 327/300
I pulled the plugs last night and did a compression check (cold)
Cyl 1: 155
Cyl 3: 155
Cyl 5: 150
Cyl 7: 150
Cyl 8: 148
Cyl 6: 133
Cyl 4: 140
Cyl 2: 145
My overhaul manual says that if your max psi is 155, your min should be 117. My other overhaul manual says that the cylinders should be within 10%, meaning cylinder 6 is out of tolerance. I added oil to cylinder 6, the reading came up to 140. It also bothers me that the RH bank has altogether lower compression than the LH bank. I would love to know the forum's thoughts.
The plugs had lots of dry black soot, and last time it drove, would backfire through the carb at low throttle, timing as set at 10 degrees at idle (sorry I don't know total timing yet). I have ordered an Edelbrock carb as I am tired of messing with Holley's, I replaced a massive doublepumper with this vacuum secondary Holley and still cannot get it to run right. Vacuum readings were hunting between 15 and 18 on both carbs, idle was rough, and no power below 1500 rpm's.
What spark plugs should be used now that she is running on unleaded?
Any advice on carb tuning would be greatly appreciated, I thought I knew how but apparently I don't!