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The water temperature tells me it’s fat . But that’s not a bad thing may want to jet down a few. Fat is consistent bracket racing….
 
89 Fox 427 said:
I'm concerned about all in timing and would like to hook up vacuum advance because the exhaust currently burns my fuckin eyes!
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I think you're not gonna like that exhaust until you get it out from under the car. Don't rail on it, just cruise it around the block. When I got my truck together it took me 6 tries to make it back home under power lol
 
Raidmagic said:
I think you're not gonna like that exhaust until you get it out from under the car. Don't rail on it, just cruise it around the block. When I got my truck together it took me 6 tries to make it back home under power lol
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Last trip out my car was pinging all over the place, competely undrivable..

Some dumb ass forgot to plug the vacuum cap on the carburetor
 
This engine leaks in the same spot as my first 398ci did. It drips out between the bell and scatter shield.

No fucking idea where it comes from our if it's getting all over the clutch or not
 
89 Fox 427 said:
I guess maybe I'm not understanding you. If I adjust idle with secondary screw, I lose the transition slot and the engine is only pulling from Primaries until I lay into the throttle pretty good. At least I think my terminology is correct.
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Your correct in what you say but the primaries being squared is more critical than the secondaries. My comment was in reference to the secondary boosters having no effect at light cruise. The primary transition is important for drivability, the secondary for the most part only opens when you mash the pedal so it's not a big deal (IMHO) for it to be out one way or another as far as the transition slot is concerned.

Like I said, try tuning it both ways but I'll be surprised if it doesn't feel better with the primaries squared. It might even help that "lazy" feeling you've noticed.
 
89 Fox 427 said:
This engine leaks in the same spot as my first 398ci did. It drips out between the bell and scatter shield.

No fucking idea where it comes from our if it's getting all over the clutch or not
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Was it leaking there before you tore it down to check/change the lifters? It might be a leak from the back of the intake you just re-fitted? Ask me how I know about that one lol.
 
hq308 said:
Was it leaking there before you tore it down to check/change the lifters? It might be a leak from the back of the intake you just re-fitted? Ask me how I know about that one lol.
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Saw no leaks before parking it in this garage and tearing it down but I promise you there's no place for it to get between scatter shield and bell . I've been through this shit before. Engine will have to come out. It's a rear main
 
Mixed up said:
Any extra oil pressure compared to the old lifters
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No and the oil leak was there before the engine was fixed. The only thing that changed was it was trailered a thousand miles
 
I bought a smoke machine off Amazon for less than $100, it works really great and uses baby oil as the liquid. I have used that little sucker for a lot of stuff, worth every dollar!
 
Mike Beck said:
I bought a smoke machine off Amazon for less than $100, it works really great and uses baby oil as the liquid. I have used that little sucker for a lot of stuff, worth every dollar!
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Can you show a link? I need one to find a draft in my crew cab truck.
 
Mike Beck said:
I bought a smoke machine off Amazon for less than $100, it works really great and uses baby oil as the liquid. I have used that little sucker for a lot of stuff, worth every dollar!
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To find a rear main seal leak ? How do you do this ?
 
I would first start by putting it in a valve cover.

I have had rear main seals leak and they piss a steady stream while the engine is running. There is NO missing that!

But he can remove the oil pressure sender and blow the smoke in there to check the pressurized oil passages.
 
Carb is lean as fuck at the lightest of throttle inputs spikes both gauges and can hear it detonate.

I mean barely throttle input, like you stop at a light or stop sign and creep forward and its pegged
 
Carb sat for a long time throughout this clusterfuck.

How confident are you that our amazing fuel nowadays has not gummed it up?

Shit sits for 4 months in a carb around here without fuel treatment and it's plugged right the fuck up..
 
I also can't seem to get the idle to stay where I put it

Cold it's one number
Hot is another
Stoplights it's something else
 
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