Yeah, iron Olds heads like a lot of part throttle timing. On 8 to 1 motors, I have ran 60+ degrees.
1970 Olds Cutlass S Rat Rod Style
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Well, I tell you my car clearly telling me, leave me alone, I want to look like sh*t, inside and out. Of course I couldn't find a bunch of rocker arms studs and guide plates I just had, hopefully somewhere. I want to do the roller cam swap this Winter, have a feeling a lobe or two is leaving this cam. So I decided to clean up the TCI Fastgate shifter. The lockout release broke in half, actually used a sink pull, looks OK. I had foam and RTV on the bottom. I exacto knifed all off and painted the cover, which looked like hell. I had to find longer screws and drill a new hole in the front support. I also added rubber grommets to increase the release spring pressure, worked great and looked so much better. The bad? Somehow, adjusting nothing, parked moved down and all I have is Park, Neutral and Overdrive and nothing else! I had all the gears before this! I feel like, I am stuck in a weird dream with this car.
Well, I think figured it out. The last time I fixed the position, somehow I gained park gear by getting it to somehow go more forward. I needed a washer between the nut and shift lever to get tight. The lock washer spread and allowed it to move slightly foward just enough to get park gear. Funny part is, worked as it should till I moved the cover. I added a second washer and hybrid orange locktite, now no park but has all the gears. It is close, I may to to adjust it to get park back. At least I have more than just overdrive now.
