i have a '65 ford galaxie for those of you who havent been reading my posts in the FE section i will go ahead and list what all is done to thhe motor so you can get an idea of what i am working with
it is a 1962 406 bored sixty over with a 428 crank i think thhe total ends up being about 440ci it has 10.5:1 compression a Holman-Moody solid lifter cam with .290 duration and .526 lift. i also have an original ford 3X2 setup. i think this is where my problems are coming from. the motor was in a 67 fairlane and it was running a 13.2 @ 106mph then the motor was pulled out in favor of a built 427 and the carbs had the fuel drained out of them and were set in storage. they prob. sat for like 10 months then i boughht the motor and bolted it all together. im pretty sure i blew the power valve bc i back fired when ifirst tried starting it anyway i pulled the primary carb apart and replaced the power valve (it was a 3.5 so thats what i put back in it) and the thing just wont run right. i bought the $20 manual on the carbs from HP Trends where the carbs were purchased and followed all of the pre-startup and running adjustments but no luck it will idle and great and run great under full throttle but just running around town on just the middle carb it hesitates on take-off and while your going down the road the whole car pulsates and feels like it is jumping forward and back. the thing wont make any power at all unless all the carbs are wide open. i just cant figure it out i have rebuilt the center carb and cleaned it 2 times but no luck. i can make it run better by advancing the timing it seems the more i advance it the better it runs but the timing is not right there is a mark on the balancer where thhey had the timing set before i cant remember where it was but the thing ran fine on that mark. i ws the one that helped them time it there at the track that day and i made the mark but i cant remember what it is at. anyway my theory is if it ran before when it was timed there then it should now but like i said the only way i can get it to run is to way advance it. hopefully someone can help me
thanks guys
Tyler