The Chevelle is back up and running again. I took it for a short drive this morning and the rockers were a little noisy so I let it cool down this afternoon and then re-adjusted the valves tonight.
When I first put it together a couple years ago I ran it on a chassis dyno to check the AFR and it made peak hp at 6300. Before I pulled it apart to do the porting I was having to shift at 6000 rpms because it would run flat any higher from valve float. The springs were getting weak.
Well, it pulls strong again. I jumped on it once in second and quickly shifted it to third at 6800 because it just lit up the tires but at least it pulled strong and didn't float the valves. I jumped on it once in third as well and it started to break the tires loose again so I got out of it. I need to throw my slicks on and give it a quick second gear pull to see if it will pull strong to 6500 where I use to shift at.
I can't wait until October 31!
