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That does make sense. I guess that can also explain the burning of oil. I usually have to put a new quart of oil in every two months. But it's every single intake port. I guess the wrong guides were used huh for those ? Just a side thought, would I be able to tell if they are loose if I could...

How would loose guides cause build up of gunk in the intake ports only. Is it keeping the valves open constantly thus allowing some exhaust to flow back into the intake mixing with the incoming fuel causing the build up ?

some more photos, hopefully better.

After spending the whole day trying to take a broken bolt out of the exhaust manifold and replacing old manifold gaskets, I found some really nasty build up inside of the intake ports and on top of the intake valves. What is a primary cause of this ? If the engine is running to rich could this...

had the exact same symptoms happen to me with my slant six. would stall or attempt to at stop lights, etc... took it to a shop and opened the car, there was junk settled in the bottom of the carb. cleaned it up and worked like new.

I use the super six set up with the 2 barrel BBD, bored 30 over with a mild cam from comp cams and 2 1/2" exhaust. The whole time I had been driving this car for a couple of years I was always thinking, "why do people talk so much about how much better this is, the car is still super slow." Well...

sounds like what happened a couple of times with mine. The culprit was the ballist resistor ! My engine cranked and cranked and cranked and wouldn't fire. had a spare ballist around and it fixed the problem.