trav

Did it ever finish?

my dad is a 30year mechanic(diesel tho) had recently adjusted my brothers ford 302 edelbrock carb n timing to idle at 550(not bragging but saying he does have experience adjustin these things) n he adjusted the screws to the best he could about a half turn out on both sides its a vacuum advance distributor, n we set the timing to 12 with the vacuum canister closed off we havent done a vacuum leak test-when u squirt brake cleaner in a controled method around the intake manifold, been meaning to get some n do this If its a radical cam could it be the culprit?? THANK YOU FOR THE TIMELY RESPONSE!!

History on Car To start the license plate tag says its from 89 And the person i bought the car off wasnt to found of sleep(drug user) it had been completely drained of all fluids before stored luckily tho the car was complete n he fired(not idle) it up before i bought it work they did supposedly it had a bottle in it, and i can see were it could have been mounted the car came to me with out the bottle but with "custom" exhaust(4 tips out one side) that i cut off the carb had been "rebuilt" but done incorectly, they had done the brakes, but forgot one of the drums installed a cam, but what kind n size they couldnt tell me but said it was kinda rough the 350 is alil bit of a mystery but its 4bolt main, made in mexico and possibly from a late 70's model chev turbo 350 tranny has a B&M shifter Hooker Headers edelbrok intake manifold 600cfm holley carb quad jet Work ive done so now since i got it i did the basics- plugs, wires, fuel filter, oil, oil filter, tranny fluid, tranny filter, bled brakes, new thermostat then i replaced with new Msd HEI distributor, rebuilt carburetor, new starter, new fuel pump(not electric), running a temporary radiator while i dial it in, new summit altenator, lined gas tank, water pump gasket, new oil pan gasket, new tranny gasket, verified a tight timing chain timing was set to 12 before tdc although i did the compression it was the first time ive ever done it, so i think i did it right. dry first wet second. n it seemed pretty good all the way around (i think it was about 155lbs wet all the way around), i also did a vacuum test off intake and it seemed low PROBLEM i have owned the car for two years and havent driven it yet, thats a big problem itself to me lol but i cant get the damn thing to idle down. in park i get it down to 1000 but then dies any lower. havent even put it in drive while it was on. it also would "studder" half way up the throttling up, but it would only last a second then continue reving up(not in gear) I do have a lil ticking noise comin from passenger side valves(angle heads), i would like to adjust them soon(gonna cut out window on valve cover) I live in the trivalley of the cali bay area if u wanna stop by n give me a lendin hand Thanks travis