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    Idle help needed

    Havent messed with the idle mixture screws much but it was set at the starting point. Totally forgot to hook up the vacuum gauge. Im pretty sure the Idle screw was always touching but i could be wrong. Iv driven it a bit and in park it idles between 500-400rpm and barely drops when put in gear.
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    Idle help needed

    Checked for vacuum leaks yesterday with spraying starting fluid around intake and carb gaskets. Couldnt find any. Has a new balancer and was checked to see if it was right. Used a degree tool too and the cam is spot on.
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    Idle help needed

    The intake manifold is for a spread bore so thats fine. I have a spacer inbetween the intake and carb but its meant for the quadrajet. It came with 2 gaskets but one was thick and one was thin. I put the thin one on since i already had the spacer on. The part that confuses me is that before...
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    Idle help needed

    I have an 83 k10 and im trying to get everything dialed after the engine rebuild. Its a Sbc 350 with a 4x4 cam, flat top pistons, dart heads, edelbrock performer rpm intake, and a brand new quadrajet bought off jegs. Everything was running right but it was idling high in park but dropping when...
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    Not making power

    34 and its all in by 3000
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    Not making power

    Checked the cam today with a degreeing tool. Valves opened and closed right where they should according to the cam specs. Checked timing again. Starts up right away and idles fine. Goes into gear and runs fine and cuts right off. If you rev it while sitting it sounds like it should but as soon...
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    Not making power

    Not quite sure. I know there are two flaps and the bottom one opens by the throttle cable but I'm pretty sure the top flap won't move unless the engine has load.
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    Not making power

    Yea. Guess i will have to. Couldnt it also be the secondarys not working?
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    Not making power

    Had it timed at 12BTDC idle at 750rpm runs perfect at idle and sounds mean when revved up but sucks when driving. I just dont know how the timing chain could be off. Chain and gears are brand new and the dots were perfectly aligned when it was put together.
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    Not making power

    I have a 83 chevy k10 with a 350. Recently it was rebuilt with all new parts. Running like 1:9 compression on 89 pump gas. Got it timed perfectly but something still isnt right. It starts right up and runs great at idle and revs up normally. When you take it for a drive it doesnt pull very hard...
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    LED lightbar

    Just installed 20in light bars behind my grill. Turned out to look really good and are bright as f***. Mine didn't come with a wiring harness but it was really easy to wire up and I wired it how I wanted and was able to hide all the wires and have the two on one switch. Made a custom switch...
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    Rebuilding the 350 finally

    It already has the 2800 in it thats why i was wondering how much of a difference it would make.
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    Cam recomendations

    So would my torque converter still work ok with this cam? And around what compression ratio would this be good at because it might end up a bit lower than 9.5:1
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    Rebuilding the 350 finally

    Thinking about going with a 12-235-2 for my k10 truck but dont know if that would be ok with the 2800 stall converter thats on it. 350 with aturbo 350 trans and 373 gears. Going to be around 9.5:1 compression when done with the build. Heads will have 2.020 and 1.600 valves with 185cc and 62cc...
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    Cam recomendations

    Building my 350 and its time to order a cam. Going with a comp cams hydraulic flat tappet but dont know what specs to go with. Its a chevy 350 out of my 83 k10 bored .030 over, flat top pistons(4 reliefs), 64cc aluminum heads 185cc intake runner 62cc exhaust runner, 2.020 and 1.600 valves...
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