</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thus far I have set the timing at 11-12 deg with a timing light and the dist vac plugged. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sounds like a good starting point.
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 1) During idle it wants to stall until it reaches operating temp, about 190 deg. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Is the electric choke hooked up and are you setting the choke by depressing the accelerator once before starting the engine? You may need to adjust the fast idle cam to increase the idle speed during warmup. It is part of the choke mechanism located on the passenger side of the carb. There is a screw that rides on the fast idle cam and holds the throttle plates open. As the choke heats up, the cam slowly backs off, closing the throttle plates. The screw is hard to see - the screw head is underneath the choke mechanism.
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> After it is at temp it idles at about 900 RPM. 2) After it is warm I put it into gear (reverse or drive) and the RPM’s immediately go down to about 450 and it wants to stall. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I set mine to idle at about 800 RPM in gear. In neutral the idle is higher, around 1000 RPM. You may also need to adjust the idle mixture. When the engine is warm, adjust each of the idle mixture screws for maximum idle speed, and readjust the idle speed back down if needed.
