So I got it fired. Vacuum is at 10" at idle (in park, will tweak in drive later, MUCH later). Still rich as hell. No fuel spillin' out of the venturis, bowl levels both good, idle screws set. I don't get it. I even put a 35 power valve in the carb. So now I am starting to think it is old gas and I will just run it out and see what happens with fresh gas. So I air up the tires and decide to go for a spin. Everything is running fine, ya know, feels good to be back in the hot rod (man, I missed that stall converter), thumpin' down the road a couple miles. Naturally, I decide to jump on it a bit (bad idea). So I get through second gear and ... POP!! Not real loud, kind of a backfire. I figure, bah, must be timing. Luckily, at this point I am almost home; I make the turn onto my street and it dies. Won't restart and I coast to end of the driveway. I get it restarted and see some ... no, not some ... ALOT of white steam out the drivers side exhaust and decided it was a good time to shut it off. This can't be good. ... ... ... Anyone have a spare fuelie head for sale? I may have cracked this one. Not sure yet. Number 4 plug got in a fight with something and lost. I got tired of working on it today. I got the intake off and header off, I will get the head off tomorrow. STAY TUNED!!! I will post my findings tomorrow sometime. Hopefully its just a valve or even a head and not a cylinder wall or piston.

It was a nice day for a ride in the hot rod though.