I wonder if that was my old truck? I built a 3- window in my first year of
college in machine shop. Bore .060, decked .030, line-bored, 3-angle valve
job, titanium retainers with dual valve springs, high volume pump, Clifford
Research Cam and on and on............... I had original Fenton headers and
an Edmonds Custom dual carburetor set-up with the circulating water passage
to help atomize the fuel. Didn't idle very well as you said.............ran
like a bat out of hell though at least up to 60 mph ! Wouldn't Time even
close to the original timing marks in the flywheel but did excellent with a
vacuum gauge. Man did I have some money tied up in that motor. To make a
long story short I had it all together and got to drive it for 1 week before
transferring to a University and needed a commuter vehicle. I couldn't just
drive anything and my brother was selling his 1950 1/2 ton Chevy with a 350,
350 and 10 bolt 1969 Chevelle posi so we traded straight across "Major loss
on my part". I had everything chromed on that truck "I mean everything that
could unbolt was sent to the platers". I swapped what I could one weekend
before he put it up for sale and remove what chrome I could and especially
the intake and headers because my favorite Uncle had give them to me. I
installed a stock exhaust and intake but with a re-jetted carburetor. I
actually found the intake and exhaust manifold in the back shed two weeks
ago and the good times of building that engine all came back to me.
I'm almost done building a 1950 Willys Jeepster for my Dad and have already
found 3 AD's all complete for under 800.00 total. One 1948, 1950 and a
1954. One of them is going to be the proud recipient of an Edmonds intake
and Fenton header set-up.
Joe Garcia
Yuba City, CA
1950 Chevrolet 3100
http://chevy1.freeservers.com/
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-----Original Message-----
From: W&D <haist@jps.net>
To: Old Truckers <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, August 04, 2000 6:50 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Witch hunt is over...
>My 235 wouldn't idle..
>
>A few weeks ago I was bragging about how I got the 235 ('54) in my newly
>acquired '39 running after being parked for 10+ years.
>
>This engine had plenty of power and great acceleration under load but
always
>required a choke to start and it would not idle worth a darn. I found it
>was timed way off the flywheel mark and wouldn't run at all when timed to
>spec. Vacuum was very low (11 to 14 in. Hg) I kept digging for the answer
>until I pulled the cam shaft and found a red stripe painted on it near the
>rear. I took the cam to an old timer engine man that spotted the red
stripe
>from 10 feet away and sad "That's a performance cam. They're great in the
>upper rpm range but they don't idle well."
>
>Today I finished installing a stock cam and lifters ($155.. not bad!) and
>setting everything to spec and it runs and idles GREAT!
>
>Why someone put a "cam" in an otherwise plain vanilla 235 is beyond be. If
>it had dual carbs and dual exhaust I may have expected it.
>
>Well, about 3 weeks of grief, aggravation and frustration is over. Looking
>forward to sleeping well tonight and driving my smooth running truck
>tomorrow.
>
>BTW, stock cams have a blue paint stripe on them.
>
><><
>Whitney Haist
>Orinda, CA
>Chevy Trucks: 2-'46s & a '39
>www.jps.net/haist/artdeco.htm
>
>P.S. If any one wants a nice, little used "performance cam" for their 235,
>it's yours for the shipping.
>
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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