ITS ALIVE!!!!

Sounds awesome!!

Can't wait to get mine out and fired up!!

Careful with the revs, the garden hose can't even keep up with 2k rpm.

Or, you could use the bucket method and let that thing EAT.

Blips are fine, but a clear vinyl non-reinforced 1" ID hose will collapse at about 2k.

JoeinNY wrote: Yep and that blip or two is the highlight of the year for my next door neighbor, I couldn't possibly deny him the pleasure.

LOL!     I'm guessing sarcasm? Now that yall have me knocking my baffles out or going with straight pipe...?!!?    

WOW..that sounds amazing. I was sitting in front of my Computer with my eyes closed hahah!!!

phatsat67 wrote: Im happy it starts with no pumps now that it has the new distributor in it.

What other factors are involved with a smooth, pumpless start?

Last year I went through the carb with new needles and seats floats power valve everything and adjusted to holly specs. It still had to much psi and was peeing fuel out of the primary boosters. I fixed that for the summer by piping in a fuel pressure regulater set at 5psi. Upon taking the pump apart, my theroy is that the little rubber valves got old and hard from sitting around in fuel for 22 years and they werent letting the pressure bleed off thus making it have to many psi.

The starting problem was the Horrible old distributor it had in it. The advance plate was totally wasted. You could move the thing back and forth freely without moving the shaft. The weight studs were also as loose as could be.

I found a good deal on an 87 style screw down distributor for 45 bucks. I ordered a new rotor and cap to match the new one and replaced the ballast resistor to go back to points(had electronic). Put it in set the timing and from then on it started off one crank.

So now the fuel system is totally rebuilt and or new and so is the ignition system. Accell super coil too.

I also swapped my dads holley off the mastercrap onto my boat and mine onto his both carbs produced the same fuel out of the boosters. My carb ran great on my dads boat.

It had a small miss on the top end just sometimes others it would run perfectly. Hopefully that problem will be solved by the new pump and the new distributor. Im also going to re fuel line it all and throw a new water/fuel seperator on it. While the lines are off isnt there some type of check valve or something in the puckup tube that gets cloged up from time to time on these? Ill check that too if you tell me how.

Oh ya I also checked every where for vacuum leaks(you cant hear any either) from the carb base to the PCV to the carb spacer to the intake manifold gaskets. All good.

I know doc. It now has a new fuel pump from ski dim. The old one was original. I ordered a new fuel like too because my dad though it would be a good idea to move it and forget where he put it. It had braided stainless lines on it for the summer but I wanted to go back with the solid obviously. I just kept a close Eye on the fuel lines all summer long. 123 hours :).

So is the anti siphon valve in the elbow where the rubber fuel line attaches?