First Time Out!!

crackedback said
The 360 was to the other posters comment about his 360. Might be best if he started his own thread.

A tiny bit rich? That is REALLY rich. What jetting is in the carb? Does it have a metering plate or block on secondaries? If those A/F's are correct, there is a LOT more in it!

The distributor will need to be altered. Those smog distributors usually have a ton of mechanical advance in them. My guess, the engine will like around 16-20 initial timing with total falling where it MPH's best. The greater initial timing setting will help the low end grunt.

Oh ok that's cool. I see what you were saying. Oops.

Ya I know it's really rich. Lol. That's why I'm gonna bring it down a bunch for the next outing. It is a wide band O2 setup and I've used it on other cars with good results, and seems to be accurate. It has metering blocks on both ends so I can jet however I want. It's an old 780 vac sec carb. I think it has 73 front ,76 rear jets right now.

That's a good point about the timing. Right now I have it super advanced to help with the bottom end a bit but maybe there is too much total as a result. Maybe I'll have to look into re curving it then. Any suggestions with that?