Finally got her outside today for a photo shoot in the driveway. She looks great but she’s running like crap. At anything over 2200 RPM she’s spitting and farting and losing power.
I have cleaned all the plugs and gapped them, set the points, rechecked and set all the valve clearances, removed all the dash pots, checked for jet centering, sticking dampers etc., all good. Set and measured the jet heights, checked static and running ignition timing with a strobe light. Checked for even compression on all cylinders. Checked the firing order etc., etc.
I even gave up with the fancy tools and started playing around and just using my ears and listening to how she runs at various RPM, but I still can’t get her to rev and maintain power over 2200 RPM. If you kiss the throttle she revs OK, but if you slowly push the throttle down she bogs down over about 2200 RPM. I'm stumped for now.
All new ignition components, and original rebuilt distributor and vacuum advance unit.