hmmmm...popsicle sticks.... thats a new one...i DO have a spare engine just sitting there....lol.
thanks panic. im fairly certain i have a worn cam lobe or two, it has this kind of miss. it idles just fine but every now and again it has this miss....sort of a murmur if you will. it doesnt have a low end hesitation per se, i can take off just fine, but there is also a snort if i get on it say, downshifting and snapping the throttle to the floor, or just snapping the throttle to the floor from idle. its like it backfires out the carb, or perhaps its the carb not keeping up with the fuel for that split second.
itll idle and drive, top end, power, all that. im pretty sure im at 10* timing with advance off and vac line plugged.
it just has this sort of a miss. also i can hear a tick that sounds like it increases with rpm, i think its cam / lifter cause the head is freshly remanned and brand new pushrods too. i even had the guy verify all the rocker studs were straight. running valve adjustment, etc...
all that to say im not sure what, if any, effect this will have with the info you gave me, but it is also something im factoring in to the equation.
adding the carb wont help the miss or the tick, but may help the throttle snapping issue. but man id sure like to get that slight miss sorted out.
im gonna look into purchasing an hei setup. i saw something about a d.u.i setup and had some thing you wire in and it bumps up the voltage into the ignition system from 12 to 18 or somewhere there abouts. what would be a decent hei setup to go with. i probably dont need the super fancy 18v hei setup, but something i can just drop in and not have to spend another hundred or so to get it re-curved would be nice.
thanks for your time.
