Originally Posted by
rookie23
hey guys i am sure this has been covered on this thread but i didnt take time to read all 700 of them. a guy i race with just bolted this engine in his 8ight t 2.0 and i must say what a turd of an engine !!! what gives, it wont even start running good till it hits about 300 degrees and that cant be good. called associated and they told us to pull the carb and see if the epoxy in the crank is red or black, and if it was black to sent it back and they would replace it. we checked and it was the red. what few threads i read apparently there is an air leak problem between the block and carb so we will try to seal that up any other suggestions ????? also it has an 053 pipe on it.
I can tell you right now, you are rich on top, and lean on the bottom. Richen the bottom 5 hours, and lean the top 2 hours. It will likely need a total of 3 hours leaner on top, but start with 2. You should be able to get great power out of the motor running at 240. Normally, i shoot for 220 as a temp after my 3 minute warm up. That way, during a race, it will be around 250.
Also, once your motor is a gallon old, you need to change the shim. Take the stock shim out, and put the new shim that came in the box in. It raises the compression slightly, and gives you more power.