Well back around and stopping in to say Hello, got the old mans bike done will post some pics tonight after I get them resized for the forum. The transmission is in the Chevelle and running very well. I have installed a quicksilver shifter and a derale pan with a trans temp gauge along with a trans pressure gauge. The numbers are holding good and right where they should be. I will make center console for my car and have been mocking one up with cardboard to hold my new gauges and some cup holders for that morning coffee and dollar mc donalds frappes. I wired up the lock up and have the 2nd and third gear lock up on a switch right now works good as I have found some new info out on my car. Rear end info is in I pulled the numbers off it LK B141 1 on the tube the front of the diff case has the numbers 1235197 the letters CFD and a huge A. So after some searching and deep investigation I have narrowed it down to an 8.5 10 bolt Buick 28 spline rear with a 2.56 gearing and after using my phones gps speedo app to check speedo accuracy I believe it. I do have some bigger problems right now to diagnose before I can put that cam in and replace the rear gearing. I am suffering from my engine losing power and sputtering and pretty much saying I give up at 3000 rpm got it to 4500 the other day in first though but was not healthy. Under normal cruise conditions it is fine drives nicely has a little sputter and back fire around 1600 rpm I had gotten rid of before by disconnecting the vacuum advance. So it is trouble shooting time along with some minor upgrades along the way. I am on a tight budget so everything takes me 10x longer to do than I would like and labor is always my own. Any ideas where to start would be great.
Concerns and suspicions
Fuel system is not up to par needs fuel cell, new lines, electric pump, and proper filters- right now factory tank, mechanical pump, to site glass filter then carb
Ignition issue my curve needs to be changed different springs added
Carburetor I am running is 600cfm edelbrock needs to be tuned also have a 750 cfm could run and tune-need to make decision and tune one of them
Need taller air filter along with the one on it needs to be cleaned
Ignition wires need heat protector boots have melted a few will check them tonight.