I decided to adjust my valves/rockers since they were getting a bit noisy after I would drive around for awhile. I'm pretty sure I went through the correct steps... pulled the valve covers, turned the crank to TDC, pulled distrubtor cap (with wires still attached), made sure rotor was pointing at #1 cylinder, adjusted those two valves by loosening them to let the hyd. lifters relax, waited a minute, then slowly tightened them down one at a time until I couldn't turn the push rod with two fingers (zero lash right?), then tightened it an additional 1/2 turn based on my camshaft instructions (Edelbrock Performer Plus), then turned the crank 90 deg. (1-5-4-2-6-3-7-8), adjusted that cylinder and so on.
Now when I first start it, it starts right up just like normal, runs for a few minutes then wants to die unless I keep giving it gas. It sounds great when it's idling, no strange noises, doesn't sound rough at all. I can get it to start right back up after it dies, but it seems that the warmer it gets the faster it wants to quit. After awhile, it will idle for about 5 seconds before the RPM's drop and dies.
What do you guys think? I didn't mess with the dist. aside from taking the cap off and putting it back on. Didn't remove any wires, only valve covers. I'm at a loss...
Now when I first start it, it starts right up just like normal, runs for a few minutes then wants to die unless I keep giving it gas. It sounds great when it's idling, no strange noises, doesn't sound rough at all. I can get it to start right back up after it dies, but it seems that the warmer it gets the faster it wants to quit. After awhile, it will idle for about 5 seconds before the RPM's drop and dies.
What do you guys think? I didn't mess with the dist. aside from taking the cap off and putting it back on. Didn't remove any wires, only valve covers. I'm at a loss...