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Pro Comp Customs down the street from me fixed the drip rail channels. He filled them in, painted and buffed it. He cut and buffed the rest on the car to make her shine like a diamond

Yes it is a Holley and the shop did tell me that the idle was too high (lowered) and that the throttle plates would not close completely.

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Yeah, I would like to change the cam once I get the timing issue resolved and have the shop run it on their dyno. I was told it was too small of a cam and wonder if that is losing power

Thanks. I was using 115 race gas (non-ethanol) for a few years back in 2015 when the engine was built, but the engine builder told me to use 91 octane since the engine wasn’t built for that high 115 octane (the fuel will sit in the cylinders unburnt or something like that). I use 93 octane for...

OST Dyno drag races cars old and new.i have used them to tune my 392 jeep in the past.

I agree and will talk to them on Monday about it. The dieseling issue was improved by slowing the idle. The timing and back firing are now getting addressed.

I don’t see how it can get any worse. I can always have it changed back. I will call the shop on Monday to discuss it with the main mechanic and his thoughts and all the excellent help I have received in this site. My uncle, who has a 68 Charger bypassed his vac advance and have been messing...

The tach worked perfectly before I took it to their shop to replace a leaking heater core, fuel pump, fuel sender and to look at the dieseling issue. They are fixing the tach after they replace the distributor and my pass the vacuum advance.

I know how to get the idle RPM by looking at my tach.

I have aluminum Indy heads not iron heads.They did turn the idle speed down so that helped with the dieseling issue that was intermittent anyways

I am not a mechanic toolman, but I have three Coronets and the newest one is a 512

Thanks Kern Dog. I had a great mechanic (ASA Performance) that unfortunately smoked two packs a day and died. The engine was rebuilt back in 2015 by Ed at ASA and it stated dieseling a few years ago. It seemed to do it after a long ride when the engine was nice and hot. Not too often though...

Ok, now the shop wants to block off my vacuum advance and add a MSD distributor. Would this be hurtful to the engine?

Kern dog, The engine builder died about two years ago and he initially built the engine back in 2010. He was the best and I miss his expertise and now have to find another shop. The shop did mention that the throttle blades would not close and that the idle was too high. I’ll have to bring it...

how would I know the idle rpm? It is also very hard to start and I noticed my rpm gauge isn’t responding like it did before it went in the shop.

I had my 1969 Coronet R/T at a shop to see if they can help with a run on issue (dieseling). They rebuilt my carburetor and used engine cleaner to get what they believed was a carbon build up. Lastly, they adjusted my timing. I picked the car up and it ran fine although it seemed sluggish. The...

Thanks, I will have to drop it off at my local shop to fix it. MCR should have caught their mistake and fixed it before shipping it back to me.

My 1968 Coronet R/T originally had a vinyl top but I had it taken off and the roof painted during its restoration. Should the pinch welds have been hidden instead of visible on a painted top hardtop sedan? Thanks Mark

Thanks Jerry. It looks odd since my Super Bee has the rallye with the wood grain steering wheel. I may be changing it out for the regular steering wheel with the horn ring.