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  1. potent rodent

    How to brighten up aluminum intake manifolds

    bead blast it , clear coat it and be done
  2. potent rodent

    Novice needs suggestions for new/rebuilt carb

    have u ever changed the fuel filter
  3. potent rodent

    Crazy square body prices.

    u think thats crazy u should see the prices on the ol a body chevelles 8 grand for nothing but a body with holes in the floor boards big enough to throw a tom cat through
  4. potent rodent

    1985 K20 350 Lost Spark While Driving

    did u check your coil while cranking it over? if its getting fuel then it could be coil / pick up for the coil or bad module, may not be getting 12 volts
  5. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    they have settings on them 4 6 8 cyl on the tach mack sure yours is set on 8 cyl
  6. potent rodent

    New engine startup

    ouch
  7. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    thats good only 2 pumps after sitting , the eng was prob still cold is the reason it fell on its face when u gave it the gas good luck
  8. potent rodent

    carter afb drains into intake overnight

    could be a number of things, check your float level ,could be the needle and seat have u check any of these ?
  9. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    it will pop till u get some exh on it sounds good
  10. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    that sounds good young man whats your timing set at ?
  11. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    is your batt any good
  12. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    exactlyyyyyyyyyyyy
  13. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    the factory did not come out with locked out vac cans , now the the vac cans have diff hg settings for diff applications of engines therefore limiting the timing
  14. potent rodent

    MPG

    thats good for a square body im getting 13.5 but thats with a rochester 2gc brl
  15. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    if u look there is no place were i said for the op to do this to his truck nor did i say anything abought coming from the factory like this get your facts streight
  16. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    if u look back a some post u will see were im trying to help the young man
  17. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    this has nothing to do with the op truck, u said hooking to full manifold vac is wrong, well u are wrong u need to look up ported verses full manifold vac and get some knowledge before u tell the op that is the wrong way no bs just facts sorry i touch a nerve lol
  18. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    it limits your overall timing and no pinging
  19. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    no i set this up myself, learned this from a gm tech who used to work for gm and help development of the hei dist
  20. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    yes hes got other prob besides fine tuning his timing
  21. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    all my small blocks 305 and 350 are street driven on manifold vacuum advance on 87 oct, no pinging and running 12 btdc , i have a stop on my vac can that limits the can to 10 degrees so i will listen to a mechanical engineer that worked at 3 of the biggest corp
  22. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    I found this article while searching for good tech information on the comparison of ported vacuum versus manifold vacuum. I don't know the author so I can't give valid credit. ChevelleStuff.Net doesn't indorse either method and there is a lot of discussion as to which is better. So, I'll present...
  23. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    how are your batt terminal ends , it sounds like u got a bad connection, what does the main cable look like going to the starter , charge your batt up and load test it, if its 4 or 5 years old it may be going bad u need to make sure
  24. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    if u dont have 12 volts to the dist it wont run very good
  25. potent rodent

    Edelbrock 1405 carb running rich

    how is your batt is it new or old. you can charge it up and then load test it that will tell u if your batt is bad then check your grounds and check connection at the starter .

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