I bought the fe from a bloke who wanted to go drag racing and he put a nine inch diff a 3500 stall converter and trymatic behind a pretty strong 186 with srage 5 I think yella terra head the whole combo is a complete miss match. The diff only had an open wheeler in it . With the wrong gears, the stall was over the top and the car wont idle and I bought it because it has a killer body and I want to use it as a sat night runner in stockish form.
I have been de tuning it and it still wont run. So I have checked the static timing on it and made sure the balancer hasnt slipped throughing my timing marks out. I have taken rocker cover of and made sure the timing is spot on but cant get the thing to idle unless the timing is set at 40 deg btdc. So ive come to the conclusion that the original builder has put the cam in wrong. I have changed power valves and jets and still no gain.
I know a bit about dragracing , I came runner up at the opening of the mildura drag strip nostalgia 3 day event meeting and can tune a car but this thing has me stumped ! So I will spend a few more hours on it just to double check the the cam will be out, as I have no idea even what grind it is, any suggestions guys? Im all ears!!!!!!