Quote Originally Posted by rspears View Post
36 sedan asked a critical question. I don't see that you mentioned what fuel pump you're using but your Edelbrock carb calls for 6.5psig (MAX), and most folks recommend keeping it below 5psig.
sorry for my ignorance this is my first real ground off restoration and i am learning the more advanced things the expensive way. anyways its a mechanical fuel pump a factory replacement would be my educated guess( it came when i bought the engine) but i believe they put out something in the range of 5-8psi am i right? anyways i have both bowls set at maybe 1/4 or a tiny bit less then 1/4 in the sight glass, ive played with it when i was tuning the engine and it can fill them or keep them low. so correct me if im wrong but i should be in the correct range of pressure?

i am a little bit worried the cylinders where not honed properly for moly rings? what is the correct grit/stone for this i want to ask the builder what he did now i have learned the leak down tester is misleading giving a green "good zone" up to 40%. i am at 20%(seems a bit much as someone else mentioned) on each cylinder i preformed the test cold not sure if it would be better hot?. i could hear what sounded like a balloon filling during the test but could not pin point it at the spots to check i thought that may be a normal sound. should it be silent during the test?