I'm using a steel spacer with 4 holes to raise the carb off the deck and simply to be able to mount it to the intake with the way the intake is designed.
Larry milled out the grooves in the floor where he could.
I don't think it ever starts hard.
I'm using stock fuel pump pressure-whatever that is.
I don't know the compression.
The engine does use oil.
The stock pcv valve is hooked up into the carb on one of the larger ports.
