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Originally Posted by JLMounce
Okay, that sounds like some progress!
Were you able to repair the crack on the bottom of the intake? Also, was the car able to make a longer trip without issues?
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Yes a guy at work welds aluminum so he was able to patch it up free of charge, since I've cleaned everything and put it back together I've driven it 4 times each time going longer distances and have popped the valve covers after every ride and everything appears to be kosher, I put the torque wrench to nuts and twist every push rod and wiggle every rocker arm..so far so good and seems to me that its running better everytime I drive it...that may be my imagination idk..water temp typically sits around 185-190deg.F I feel confident enough to take it 20 minutes to work now (after I quiet her down alittle) so I am pumped! It has a small off idle "gurgle" slash hesitation but cleans up after 1200 rpm. Vacuum off carb seems a tad low maybe at 15-16 but it runs great at idle and pulls pretty good when ya get on it a little. Still progress to be made with the tuning, some of my issues may be the Torker 1 intake manifold being what it is 😄