Reply to "Initial jetting recommendations - O-3310S Holley 750"

> I would check the timing of the engine, not enough timing will also make the
> engine bog down low. When my car came from Florida it was like that and I was
> able to put an extra 10 degrees in it which brought it back to life.

That's a good recommendation and is next on my list. This car has less than
17K miles from new and it's still a points distributor which may have never
been serviced. Plus, it's one of the the dual vacuum retard/advance
distributors. The previous owner capped off the retard port when the Holley
750 and Edelbrock Performer intake were installed. When I purchased my other
Pantera, also a very low mileage car, it didn't run well. The previous owner
had the carb rebuilt which had little effect. It turned out to be the original
points distributor. After installing a Mallory Speed-o-Lite kit in the
distributor, it ran well. I've still got that distributor and an MSD 6 AL
box around here. I may have to install them when I get a chance.

One trick, if you ever have the transaxle out, is to degree the flywheel
so timing can be set at the back of the engine (through the bellhousing
port). Just remember that the flywheel is 180 degrees out from the balancer.
I didn't and dutifully degreed my flywheel so I can now check up to 40
degrees retard through the bellhousing port :-)

BTW, I did get a chance to drive the Pantera with 735 Holley to work today.
Runs much improved but still not perfect.

Dan Jones