So what kind of MPG's are you guys getting? For reference, I have a 66 289w/C4, Edelbrock Performer intake, Holley 600cfm, pertronix II dist., flame-thrower coil, and plugs gapped at .038. The carb & intake were done by the PO, and I don't know if anything else was done. I suspect not. Timing set to ~12deg BTDC. FWIW, the timing seems to "wander" by 1 or 2 degrees on each flicker of the light, but never *actually* drifts.
I just got the new distributor installed, and it fixed "something" (it kind of bogged when I hit the gas, if you feathered it, it would eventually come around and then take off), so I might be a shade heavy on the gas right now, but nothing too serious. I'm looking at about 10mpg. That feels pretty crappy, but I don't really have a point of reference.
Other symptoms: my garage smells like gas, and the radiator & hoses are still really hot, like too hot to empty my gano filter. The upper hose & intake are both ~140 deg. It's barely 70 here right now, but the garage is still pretty warm, and I pulled in about 2 hours ago. I feel like the heat & smell might be relevant. Or maybe that's just how old car go, to paraphrase Ron Washington.
I feel like tuning the carb might be in order, although it really seems to drive well, and has power off the line, despite having a 2.89 rear end. That, and I don't have a clue how to do that (yet).
I just got the new distributor installed, and it fixed "something" (it kind of bogged when I hit the gas, if you feathered it, it would eventually come around and then take off), so I might be a shade heavy on the gas right now, but nothing too serious. I'm looking at about 10mpg. That feels pretty crappy, but I don't really have a point of reference.
Other symptoms: my garage smells like gas, and the radiator & hoses are still really hot, like too hot to empty my gano filter. The upper hose & intake are both ~140 deg. It's barely 70 here right now, but the garage is still pretty warm, and I pulled in about 2 hours ago. I feel like the heat & smell might be relevant. Or maybe that's just how old car go, to paraphrase Ron Washington.
I feel like tuning the carb might be in order, although it really seems to drive well, and has power off the line, despite having a 2.89 rear end. That, and I don't have a clue how to do that (yet).