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Originally Posted by Vettezuki

I don't understand?

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Originally Posted by enkeivette

Three guys, all making stupid amounts of power out of carbed V8s... talking about fuel economy.

Yes, but 8 mpg's gets old quick. I killed 3 birds with one stone. The cam swap went fine this week-end, although I couldn't degree the cam. The piston stop wouldn't work with the heads and dished pistons... Road manners are much improved, big improvement in non-boost torque and hopefully mileage improves..even a little bit would be nice. No lope to speak of...damn. BTW, I swapped out the s/c pulley to the larger 4 inch piece, and first impressions are no loss in boost or power.

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Cool, couldn't you just slide the balancer on a bit and align it to 0 degrees to find TDC?

I fixed an issue this weekend too. Got rid of the rough acceleration problem that I was sure was a timing issue. Turned out to be a carb issue.

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Originally Posted by enkeivette

Cool, couldn't you just slide the balancer on a bit and align it to 0 degrees to find TDC?

I fixed an issue this weekend too. Got rid of the rough acceleration problem that I was sure was a timing issue. Turned out to be a carb issue.

The best way to degree the cam is by finding tdc on the piston. That removes any tolerance stack in the crank, timing gears and key-ways. Now to schedule the dyno. I hope I didn't go too small on the cam.

[enkeivette]

Originally Posted by big_G

The best way to degree the cam is by finding tdc on the piston. That removes any tolerance stack in the crank, timing gears and key-ways. Now to schedule the dyno. I hope I didn't go too small on the cam.

Don't think it will make all that much difference. Probably just move the peak power down a few hundred rpm.

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Originally Posted by enkeivette

Don't think it will make all that much difference. Probably just move the peak power down a few hundred rpm.

Yes, that's what I figured too. Down or up a few hundred.