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Hi!! Put on a tunnel ram in January and have been tinckering with the tuneup,here are my results. 1932 glass 3 window,1987 302 ford with a b cam and gt40p heads(used craiglist motor) stock fuel pump,weiand tunnel ram with 2 390 cfm holley carbs(new),5spd m5r2 trans(truck),355 posi,car weight is 2640 with me in it.stock jets are #51-.050 hole,went to a #66-.066 hole on the front carb and a #67-.068 hole on the rear carb(the front plugs were burning different than the back) 6.5 power valves in both,purple sec spring,# 28 squirters,timing at 10 before TDC-34 total. Manual chokes on both(don,t really need them,3 pushes on the gas when cold fires up,after warm up no push on the gas is needed,fires up) At idle it has 20 vac,on the highway 12vac. I,m pleasantly surprised the way it runs,no bogs,not temperamental,it plain runs great!!I,v driven it in30 degree weather up to 90 degrees. I think the lightness of the car and the manual trans help the tunnel ram on the street. Pete

Originally Posted by prpmmp

Hi!! Put on a tunnel ram in January and have been tinckering with the tuneup,here are my results. 1932 glass 3 window,1987 302 ford with a b cam and gt40p heads(used craiglist motor) stock fuel pump,weiand tunnel ram with 2 390 cfm holley carbs(new),5spd m5r2 trans(truck),355 posi,car weight is 2640 with me in it.stock jets are #51-.050 hole,went to a #66-.066 hole on the front carb and a #67-.068 hole on the rear carb(the front plugs were burning different than the back) 6.5 power valves in both,purple sec spring,# 28 squirters,timing at 10 before TDC-34 total. Manual chokes on both(don,t really need them,3 pushes on the gas when cold fires up,after warm up no push on the gas is needed,fires up) At idle it has 20 vac,on the highway 12vac. I,m pleasantly surprised the way it runs,no bogs,not temperamental,it plain runs great!!I,v driven it in30 degree weather up to 90 degrees. I think the lightness of the car and the manual trans help the tunnel ram on the street. Pete

Forgot to add the headers are limefires(with powercaps) from Sanderson that dump into 2.5 pipes thru smithys mufflers ooooout the back. the fuel idle mixture screw are 3/4 turn out. It idles at 800rpms(had to back out the secondary throttle plate adjustment screws 1/4 turn to bring down the idle ,the primary idle screw was all the way down) 2 OBG air cleaners.

Do you have a photo you can post?

dang it man that's nice now we need to see some video of that so we can hear it.

Originally Posted by green34ford

dang it man that's nice now we need to see some video of that so we can hear it.

Hey Thanks!! I,ll have to have my son do a video(computer handicapped) Pete Your avatar truck looks mighty nice also!!

That's Bitchin'! I keep mulling over doing the same thing with my 302.... Glad to hear yours has worked well so far. Can't wait for the video.

Very nicely done setup, looks great and runs good too!!! Hard to beat that! Oh yeah, and a Ford in a Ford just helps to make things right in the world!!!!!!

Can I ask what the color is on the pick-up? Is that Washington Blue?

Originally Posted by 34_40

Can I ask what the color is on the pick-up? Is that Washington Blue?

Hi!! VW Kobalt Blue Deltron DBU910599 Pete

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Very nicely done setup, looks great and runs good too!!! Hard to beat that! Oh yeah, and a Ford in a Ford just helps to make things right in the world!!!!!!

You being a Ford man!! thanks that means a bunch!! Pete

Originally Posted by prpmmp

Hi!! VW Kobalt Blue Deltron DBU910599 Pete

Thanks for that! Love it!

Originally Posted by prpmmp

You being a Ford man!! thanks that means a bunch!! Pete

You're most welcome!!!

Now, if I could find a streetable tunnel ram intake to work on a Clevor, I've got just the project to put it in!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by green34ford

dang it man that's nice now we need to see some video of that so we can hear it.

Here ya go!!

NICE!! She's a great runner! Looks like you got the tune set about perfect. That's great, gives me some encourangment to do mine with dual quads.