Help w/FE 390 slight smoking one exhaust pipe. Some black oil on 2 spark plug threads

[jerry clayton]

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so you were back on here today at 12:51 but no comment/answer to any of the above ??????

[HOSS429]

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so you were back on here today at 12:51 but no comment/answer to any of the above ??????

he read what you said and is now out in the shop trying it ...

[stotzbotz]

Thanks everyone for dropping by and giving your thoughts. Been gone since I wrote my plea for help. My pvc valve and line goes from the front of the carb at the bottom to the passenger side valve cover. My 7 and 8 plug wires are touching at the boots at the distributor cap and probably at least one place along the way to their respective spark plugs. The heads were supposed to be fitted with bronze valve guides and new seals. No I didn't place the manifold on without the gaskets to check for proper fit before I installed it. It was a brand new Edelbrock performer and it felt good and seated when it was installed. The intake port sides of the heads were not machined but well cleaned and bright when I got them back. The engine was not running and in pieces when I purchased the car. I wasn't sure if I should re torque the intake and maybe adjust one of the two fuel/air mixture screws slightly.