severely gutless!

[RITTER]

How gutlass we talking? You know they are only like 110hp with like 220ftlb of torque or something like that. You should be expecting old 4 cylinder performance out of it. Not v8 performance. Do you actually hear a miss?

I can't believe you would say that Chris, your 260ci Olds would do donuts all day long (in the grass) :lol:

 

[onebadasscutlass]

i would check the timing gears. might be a tooth off!

 

[BaggedCutty]

ill tear it apart again and check the gears i noticed today my radiator was gurggling bad!!!! my over flow tank was empty but i know it was full the other day. theres no water in my oil and im not blowing any smoke what should i look for to get a olds 350?

 

[BaggedCutty]

haha.....i wish my car would peel out in the grass

 

[bill]

If the motor is severly out of time....it will get hot quickly...and boil out the water. U need to check the timing with a timing light...and if need be, reset it. Start at 10-12 degrees BTDC, and go from there. 260 sbo's arent power houses, but if tuned right, they run as good as any late 70's/early 80's stock sbo. If the timing gear you mentioned caused the chain to slip, there may be a bent valve or a piston with a hole in it, or the cam may be shot. Sounds like it was abused at some point....and that may be the reason for the bad miss too.

 

[CHRIS.O]

How gutlass we talking? You know they are only like 110hp with like 220ftlb of torque or something like that. You should be expecting old 4 cylinder performance out of it. Not v8 performance. Do you actually hear a miss?

I can't believe you would say that Chris, your 260ci Olds would do donuts all day long (in the grass) :lol:

Well there was that one time when I was able to pull off a couple sweet 180's.........in the movie theater parking lot......in winter.....with some snow and ice.

 

[gbondo57]

There's an old skool way to find a burnt valve. It's called a vacuum gauge. Hooked to a (intake) manifold vacuum port, idling warm, the gauge should be steady. If it (the gauge needle) bounces, pull plug wires one at a time, till there is little or no change in the idle. A compression check should "concur". That should help isolate a dead/weak cylinder. I had a 267 sbc original in my 79 elco. With hookers, an edelbrock, and a 390CFM/8007 HOLLEY, it was nice.