That’s awesome performance. That timing seems crazy advanced to me though. I have the MSD distributor springs same as you, and got pinging at 13 degrees base timing on 87 octane.
I'd kill for nearly 14MPG - work to do there on my end.
Re: temp diagnosis, I've considered what @HemiAlex did here to get accurate reading before messing with parts.
Builds - The 60 known as Mamabear: a tale of rust and good times. -...
Body pull is looking inevitable for me if I ever want to "do it right" on rust repair. CruiserDog is making it look easy and somehow has a neatly organized 2 car garage in the process!
Very early - doing all mechanicals first. Front axle is out for hub rebuild, pinion and housing seals, brake rotors, calipers, lines, backing plate eliminator, tie rod kit, etc. Huge bear on a rusty truck. Will try to post an update to my thread soon (link in signature)!
I appreciate your...
Just read through your whole thread - amazing work! Wanting to do pretty much the exact resto steps you're going through, albeit a ton more rust repair. Thanks for documenting so well - helpful to add part numbers, amazon links, etc like you have. I know that takes extra time and effort over...