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do i have another sealing problem or bad valve job you tell me

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dastang2

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i am still having a problem with my top end. a few months ago i put a set of
e7 heads on the engine and it ran like crap. i put the same heads on a different motor and it still runs like crap. i have to choke and pump the gas 2 times to start it up and it won't run without the choke almost closed. even still it runs bad. it will not rev up at all and it blows a flame out the carb sometimes when it dies. the timing is set at 10 and the wires are on correctly. it is in time and not 180 out. i had a bad vacuum leak between the intake and heads on the other motor which is why i swapped motors. it is acting the same although i can't get it to run long enough to check for vacuum leaks with ether. it only runs for 5-10 seconds. my question is can a bad valve job make this happen. what do you think is the problem here. i am going to double up some intake gaskets tomorrow to see if it fixes it. if not i am going to borrow another intake in case i got a warped intake. i have the lifter preload set correctly also.
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this sucks
 

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Does the computer throw any codes?
 

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no efi so no computer. anybody else.
 

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sounds like you might have a problem with your carb if you cant get it to stay running. just my 2 cents
 

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could it be the carb?and a compression test would give you some answers...
http://www.pumaracing.co.uk/comp.htm
http://www.risaa.org/newsletter/0506/0506_12.pdf
 

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it worked before the heads though.
 

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how long was it between swaping motors was it sitting for a while. if it was sitting for a while the fuel that was in the carb could have gummed up. if you had a bad valve job you would notice some smoke coming out of the tail pipes
 

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the reason i had flames was because of the valves not being shimmed right and they were slightly open. i fixed it but still running like junk
 

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i believe i got it, i put 2 sets of intake gaskets on it and now it cranks and idles.
 
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