Terrible first outing.

Jeff Stout · 10-14-2019, 10:08 AM

Finally made my first divisional in years with Oldsmobile. Totally missed carb jetting and trying to shift at high rpm's.
Couldn't run index the first 2 passes. Received some great advice from Greg Marshall,Darren Summerton and some carb tuning from Mark Yacavone. Ran .08 under index Saturday but fought oil leaks. First leak was oil filler plug fell out and blew oil all over compartment,but not on track. Fixed that and after checking valve lash I pinched a valve cover gasket and it leaked on next pass. Found that problem and fixed it, or so I thought. First round it leaked again. Luckily everything went on headers and made a ton of smoke and did not get any oil on track.
Ordered new breathers,gaskets,carb jets. Clean up mess and start over. I will keep trying to get this thing to run. I had allot of racers tell me it's a great combo to run.

10-14-2019, 10:08 AM	#1
Jeff Stout VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: phoenix Posts: 1,486 Likes: 66 Liked 704 Times in 281 Posts	Terrible first outing. Finally made my first divisional in years with Oldsmobile. Totally missed carb jetting and trying to shift at high rpm's. Couldn't run index the first 2 passes. Received some great advice from Greg Marshall,Darren Summerton and some carb tuning from Mark Yacavone. Ran .08 under index Saturday but fought oil leaks. First leak was oil filler plug fell out and blew oil all over compartment,but not on track. Fixed that and after checking valve lash I pinched a valve cover gasket and it leaked on next pass. Found that problem and fixed it, or so I thought. First round it leaked again. Luckily everything went on headers and made a ton of smoke and did not get any oil on track. Ordered new breathers,gaskets,carb jets. Clean up mess and start over. I will keep trying to get this thing to run. I had allot of racers tell me it's a great combo to run.