So funny day today, went out in the neighborhood, attempting to make bigger circles until I felt safe to hit the road.
Well, in front of a jogger I tried to accelerate easy and it LEAPT, then my foot came off and it bark the tires as it slowed, and I did that all the way home. WTF
I tried some tuning, then went to Edelbrock's web site and it's pretty common in manual linkage throttles, to get the travel for the ford linkage, you put the ball close to the pivot point, but it gets so touchy you can't drive it
I ended up moving it as far out on the throttle arm as I could, knowing I wouldn't get full throttle, but I wanted to diagnose. It drove beautiful....
I got about 20 miles on it, got better as it went, fuel pump is UNBEARABLE, I left a message for the company in OK so we'll see if I have a bad one or need to find another.
Right now a/f mixtures are set for 13.8 idle, 13.5 cruise, and 12.8 WOT. I think I am going to lean things up quite a bit, at least for cruise and see how it does. There are so many different options, I'll have to sneak up on it one change at a time, but even now it runs well. So far a success
Tomorrow I will wire it permanently, come up with a plan for the fuel pump and throttle, and then likely start using it for a daily driver for a bit and see how it does. My gut tells me I am going to have to do some sort of progressive cable setup for the throttle, I just don't see the stock Ford working, although I do have the original 71 bellcrank I can see if I can adapt, I still think it'll be too quick
Success I think, at least after I can get the angle grinder fuel pump back to Oklahoma or in someone's race car!