[$300Lamans]

When I got this Le Mans I only paid $300 and you can see it in another thread. It had a bad Holley carb on it that the PO had messed up. It was a 600 and was not good for the car anyway. So I found a completely rebuilt (new shaft bushings, replated, etc.) for $180, its a Carter 500 cfm electric choke.
After installing it, it still ran poor, was only running on 4 cylinders. I had already ordered a new HEI for it, but wanted it to run now. I checked everything and the PO had replaced everything with new (cap, points, rotor, plugs, wires, etc.) and it still ran bad. Cylinders 1, 5, 7, and 2 were not firing.
I went back to basics and got out my old dwell meter and timing light. Dwell was off so I got an allen wrench and started turning it. It came alive! all 8 started hitting in perfect harmony. A few more tweaks and it is running sweet.
I can't believe how well it runs with the right carb matched to the engine size and everything hitting like it should.
After a huge smokey burnout I took it for a drive, nice car. I love this thing.
I know the HEI will only make it better, but I love it already.