Just a little update:
New idle and main jets as well as the F7 emulsion tubes have the engine doing better!
It still needs more main jetting though as it breaks up at 2500.
It will start right up cold on the choke and idle off the choke after about 10 seconds.
Throttle response continues to be otherworldly.
One cool thing (pun intended)- we found that the air rushing through our tubular manifold cools the manifold drastically. Think of running an air grinder for a while and how the body of the tool gets cold. Same thing.
I busted out the IR thermo and the manifold was down to 60 degrees right behind the carb. It got warmer the closer to the blower I took a reading but not more than 15 degrees.
Water condenses out of the air within 30 seconds of the car idling.
Neat
I'd be a good physics teacher. I'd have the car in the class room...
...running
With an open header earplugs are a must, and if you get down low the exhaust pulses shake your chest!
