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The car is back together. The vibration is gone and the car revs smoothly from idle to 5500RPM redline as smooth as glass. Next up is to fit the stub axles back to the gearbox, test everything else, and change the oil. Oil will be run through a painter's sieve to make sure we get to examine any particulates that come out. If all goes well, it'll be at dyno tomorrow morning and likely back home before the sun goes down.

If the car has a low end power problem, you need to find out what the specs are on the camshaft. It could be too big for what you are trying to do with the car. Have you checked the total ignition timing? The shop that installed and set up the engine my have the total ignition timing retarded too far. What power valve is in this carb? If your idle vacuum is about 7.0 and you have a 10.5 power valve in the carb, the power valve will be dumping fuel into the engine all the time. An engine with a big camshaft will generally have low idle vacuum. Install a vacuum gauge on the engine and see what your idle vacuum is.

Well I drove it for about an hour today and there were no major problems to speak of. The car wants to GO once you start opening up the secondaries. I didn't dig into it too hard because the engine is still new and I'm not terribly interested in kicking the crap out of the car anyway. I drove it down to the gas station and then down to his shop and back home.



Oil pressure remains steady at just about 30psi at idle and hits around 60-65psi when you're digging into it. It's really hot outside today but the car holds a steady 190 degrees, even at a standstill in traffic, with the AC on. The AC blows really cold.

A few minor gripes I have with the car that I'll address after I move are that the power steering assist seems to be not working when the engine is running, but it does work when the engine is off and the key is in the "on" position. I'm using Scott (SACC) power assist kit on the car.

Another gripe is that the car does want to diesel a bit on shutoff. I believe this may be a combination of it being hot outside and likely that the timing might be a bit off as it only lasts for a moment. I'm told the car started out with an initial 9 degrees of timing.

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