first ride
well finally got to take the car for a ride,
air temp 55
vac 14 inches
750 street demon running a bit fat
timing 13 static, 21 mech, 10 vac (manifold)
real slight lope at idle
no-ping anywhere
here are my initial thoughts of the 2802 compared to the 068
idle quality excellent
lost 2 inches of vac was 16 now 14 no different in brake pedal feel
power came on about 400 rpm further
068 would start pulling bout 2200 summit cam bout 2600
lost a slight bit of torque not at all an issue just give a little more gas
I can definitely feel a power increase, made 2 runs at my favorite street with mostly farms and straight hardly no tragic
first run dumped the clutch at 2800 or so no match for my 70 series radials shifted at just 5500 rpm and got some serious rubber 1-2-3 forth I was a bit chicken **** and and slowed down checked my memory on my Dakota digital spedo mem and 122 mph and that was in short order I had so much fun doing this that I turned around and did it again.
I had my son in the car which works on the new rice burners with fart pipes. yes his face was white as a ghost and stated he could not believe the acceleration that a 50 year old car has.....
let it cool off with a slow ride back home where we washed off the rubber pasted to the rear fenders of my 11000 paint job
had fun for sure
issues I still have ticks a bit, quiets down a lot when warmed up might play with the lifters again or just live with it.
ditch the carb and put my efi back on after it gets back from warranty repairs.
thanks a lot for all the help guys... honestly I am thankful
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