ford truck 351modified

Posted by Tn. Jed on July 21, 2007 at 08:19:47 from (74.38.188.152):

hi all I have a old farm truck i picked up and it is a little rough... it has the 351m\400 1979 f350 I would like to get this engine running half decent it sounds ok no knockin popin or anything to bad it does not have any of the original vacum gear the only vacume hose on it is for the timing advance everything els is gone or plugged up wich may be my problen I dont know but it runs really rough it starts right up and after it warms it will idle (rough). new plugs, wires look good timing is right on (4 degrees btdc)cap and rotor look new. smells like its runnin a little rich the throttle adjustment screw is run all the way in compressing spring all the way. when im driving it seems to get to a high rpm than a sudden burst of power comes wich is nice but would be nicer if it came a little sooner like all the time...when i picked it up i pulled the plugs they looked good other than the fact that they were gaped at 62 I put new plugs in gaped at 42. don't know maybe that burned sumthin up having to create such a hotter spark to jump the gap can anyone give me a clue as to how i can get her runnin better

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