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waste of money on the roller tip rockers. from what just happened to me, i just bought a set of stamped steel rockers for my 400+ hp small block build.

you should be fine with them tho, do you...

alright well i know that its not all that high compression. but my guess is somewhere close to 9.5ish.. just judging by the 76cc heads that i used to have and with the 64's that i have on there now....

well i kinda got ahead of myself in waiting for a reply from you guys on the distributer turn, so i just went ahead and did it. re-timed everything, 12" vac at idle, still the 18" at 1500-2000...

alright, well i just checked it again, and yes, at the 650 -750 rpm, it does have about 11 inches of vaccum, with about 9-10 * of timing (vaccum advance unhooked) checking for the "all in"...

C9X - alright well awsome, i will deffinetally check the vaccum at 1500-2000 rpm and check that, and if i cant get the vaccum should i try turning the cap as listed on the first page by skids?? ...

yes, i did all timing with the advanced disconnected. and that is good to know that the 11" of vaccum is alright, less to worry about then.

well thank you all for your help, finally got the...

dont worry about the rambling, im glad you were specific in ur descriptions! this kind of stuff helps, im just a young buck tryin to catch up to my problems.

alright engine, short block is a...

does anyone think i could be a tooth off on my distributer? at about 650 rpm idle, the vaccum reads aobut 9. i know its low, and i cant turn my distributer any more because the vacc. advance hits on...

alright well which one is which.. for vaccum hookups on the carb that is? its a holley, with one on the front mixutre plate and one underneath the front fuel bowl. ?? and with my knowledge i can...

forgot, i do not have a vaccum canister. do i need one? when i checked the vaccum the other day, it wouldnt get above 11. ill recheck this once i get everything timed.

also, i just took it out...

alright well i finally got back to my pickup to check things out, this is the info im reading up on and going off of.. so if theres anything you see different would you let me know? not tryin to...

- Skids72 - yes it does have vacuum advance. and as far as a lean mixture? im not trying to say ur wrong, but a 600 cfm carb on a 283 shouldnt be lean AT ALL throughout any rpm should it?? if...

well to be completely honest, i dont need a book on the carburators, just the whole timing deal. if anyone has a link or a website that i could go to to read up on this that explains things...

alright i think its about time to do this, and im hoping i can get the answers im looking for. 283 chevy, 262/468 lunati cam, hei distributer, holley 600 carb.. 700r4 trans, 4.10, 3800 lb. + truck....