Ok sugarshorts, I get that your friends are terminally cheap bastards, you just need to tell them NO
















I'm just busting your balls.  A cool looking tool box wouldn't be bad.

DONE....









still dirty but detailing coming later...



names boys names!!!!!!!!

 Just call the boat PUMPKIN  Josh thinking of a name but I'm confused purple seats and the boats blue,sportin' a red tool box,any other colors we should know about?

the red toolbox is fully equiped with tools...i mounted it there to keep the balancer from claiming flip flops, chewing tobaccoo, beer, coolers, chairs...or anything else...i thought it would look cool there and slso serve a purpose...call it what you may but its there to stay till i get it powder coated...im done cept for detailing probably be testing next week weather permitting

Just call the boat PUMPKIN  Josh thinking of a name but I'm confused purple seats and the boats blue,sportin' a red tool box,any other colors we should know about?

brian

im all the colors of the rainbow...the red isnt bad because the gel actually sports a red pinstripe all the way around it, but the seats...in the future will be sprayed a blue after i send em to skip for recovering of the proper colors, but right now...they are nice enugh to rest my tooshie

FWIW, I don't think you should try to utilize the vacuum advance, they will not do anything for you, they need the extra vacuum to pull typically the last 12* of advance, the only time a vacuum advance will work is when the carb is too small.

My recomendation would be to leave it disconnected (no port cap on the distributor vacuum pot) and plug the port on the carb..
Or pick up a lock out bracket for the plate, either way time it for advance above 2500 RPM and don't worry about what you have at idle. I would say that you should have approx. 34-36* of total advance and all should be at least close....

As for the black plug, a compression check would be advised at this point. It may have been just a fuel fouled plug or bad wire

It almost sounds like you are having a valve issue what with the popping and whatnot, probably #4?

Good luck!

GT

Quick update...finally got a gps number and I have mixed feelings! 4200 rpm @ 58mph...42-4300 is all the rpm I can get out of this motor....quick break down 429 unsure of cam pistons...stealth intake 800 holley pertronix 2 ignitor accel coil 8.5 mm wires...pump is a berk ji loader 4* wedge and pd a cut impeller...any advice could help...


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And a 4* wedge in what direction? 

The RPM deal is odd...Next time she is at the water, neutral the pump with the reverse gate and give it some some hell, find out what RPM she tops out at...

If it tops out at say 4200 RPM, the loader is not the issue, its the motor.

If the motor sounds different out of one side, something is amiss...Stupid question, have you double checked the firing order?

GT

Dumb question #2    How are you checking the WOT timing?, I think you still have a vacuum advance, is this accurate?

The vacuum advance is screwing you hard, you need to eliminate the vacuum advance and redo the timing.

Lemme explain.   If you are checking the total advance on the trailer at say 2500 RPM with the vacuum advance hooked up, that is where the problem is, you say 37* total advance, but if that was with the vacuum hoooked up, you just screwed yourself out of about 12* (making the total advance 25*) which is short....There is very little vacuum on a jet at WOT.

Am I making any sense? Always look for the simplest thing first.......Got any idea of the header temps on a run? How do the plugs look as far as color? On a pump gas deal, I like a nice root beer color, sort of like a toasted marshmallow 

GT

Vacvacuum advance hasn't been hooked up in a while...btw you aren't supposed to time it with the vacuum line hooked up anyway...plugs aren't quite rootbeer but not far off...plugs still indicate not enough timing but any more timing and after the motor warms up it doesn't wanna start all that great! Vacuum gauge at idle reads 13-14 if I remember right...honestly I don't see timing being the issue, but I have been wrong before

Just to make sure were on the same page (of the same book LOL), the vacuum advance has to be hooked up if you're using it for total advance, the disconnected thing is only for base timing, (different animal all together) anyway, dont use it, only use the built in 12* on the mechanical, I may have missed it, but are you using points or a Pertronics/electronic deal?

Just using the process of elimination...Other obvious yet stupid questions, are the butterflies opening 100% (with the foot throttle) and do you have any idea what the valve timing is?

GT

I am going to go out on a limb and say...................I don't have a clue what your problem is, but when you find it, you will giggle like a school girl.

I would really like to see that thing run at about 4500+/- RPM (providing the tach is correct).

GT

Really? Never woulda sent them had I know there was a hole!

Ray

No ray the old headers did...not the ones you sent

anyway terry calls me yesterday and says bring that puppy over let's do a compression test...cool I'm on my way...so here it goes tried to get her to roll over and nothing not even a click...ok put another spare battery in...still nothing then we started messing with nordic 454's boat...nice ride btw...after getting brandon all dialed in we start dicking with mine again...tracing wires all kinds of stuff...call it quits for the night...today start back up on it and nothing jumping wires all kinds of stuff...nothing...ok pull starter...try using jumper cables nothing...new starter time...get new starter in and whoa she's a spinner again...so after 5 hours between the 2 days on this thing we can finally do a compression test which as follows

#1 130
#2 130
#3 140
#4 145
#5 145
#6 145
#7 145
#8 140

Those numbers are the actual cylinder numbers...not to shabby I was bracing for one or more lower cylinders but I'm thinking with them numbers I might have some higher compression heads that might bring this thing up...if I do this though will be a new stick going in lifter pushrods and will need to locate rocker arms...any opinions?