[CrateCamaro]

It had a delco mechanical fuel pump to start...3psi at 1000 rpm....changed to a holley mechanical and it now has 6psi at 1000 rpm. Tried moving the timing around....30 total...all the way to 40 total. I havent ruled out that the balancer hasnt moved....that is on my to do list but it looks about right comparing to other balancer of the same size. it has a Magnaflow dual exaust and it pretty new so im gonna say that isnt a problem and there is plenty of exaust comming from the pipes.

Alan - I have done a leakdown....less than 10% on a cold engine which I though was exceptional for a 14 year old piece. Compression was 150-160 PSI across the board. Timing tab and balancer are all 70`s GM. Im gonna go ahead and throw a chain and gears at it while its apart but a simple eye comparison on the upper cam gear showed it was identical to a GM piece I had laying around in the shop. The lower gear has 3 keyways on it and its on the `Straight Up` slot. Im going to go ahead and check and see if it has a sticking valve but you would think it would tare a lobe off the cam with a sticking valve or even knock a pushrod out. Tough to say I know but I will definitly check. Im gonna assume with an 041 head and a flattop 4 eyebrow piston it has about 9 - 9.5:1 compression. I know that a 292H isnt a great camshaft but it should at least run decent without shooting a 4 foot flame out the carb. Keep the ideas comming guys!!!! Thanks again

PS...one thing i did notice was the valve spring pressure was really low. Didnt check it yet but just by pushing the valve open by hand it feels very weak.


PSS...its a stick car. M21 transmission. I could care less about the performance I just need the loaf to run again.