I have a 428 in my '76 high boy and the coil is mounted on top of the A/C compressor.   this doesn't look right .  is this correct ?  if not where should it mount ?

 I want it to look as original as possible.

Since the high boy had a divorced transfer case and a very long drive shaft coming forward that moves up and down with the front axle on the left side  it's not possible to run a pipe in that space.  they are an odd design but really don't seem to be anymore trouble than any other header I've run.

I left the rubber splash shields off the inner fender to allow more air  around  the starter.  you can see the starter through the hole so hopefully  I can find some black wrap of some kids for the header tubes.  it would look awful to see silver there.

 

My headers are fine I'm just not a header fan, mostly because of leaks and the heat.  I pretty much fixed the leaks with Remflex gaskets abd while I haven't toasted a starter yet  I suppose I will. 

Will a mini starter help any ?  I was looking at the RobbMC  starters.  maybe I should just put one on and call it good.

 I have headers on my '76 high boy with a 428 in it.  I'd really like to put manifolds on it but I'm not sure if I have any options beyond the stock log style.


 I'm wondering if anyone knows if the CJ manifolds will  work ?  that would be my preference but from what I see I doubt they'd fit.    then there is the style with the fins , or ribs that supposedly fit pickups but I can't verify. 

 I don't think there are any other options but I'd like to know if there are.

 Listings show heads for 390's up but don't show they fit a 360.    is there any reason a 390 head won't work on a 360 ?

 Been driving the new 428 a bit here lately and until now everything has been text book perfect. 

Now that it has about 500 miles on it I decided to run it a little harder and when I got home I couldn't get it to idle under 2k.  so I pulled the air cleaner of and checked everything out and found the secondaries  had stuck open a little . I couldn't push them back without working them open a little more then they fell back in place.   I tried to get them to stick again by hand but so far they haven't.

This is a brand new vacuum secondary 4160  .   any ideas on what caused this and how I can prevent it again? 

Pulled the carb and can run a vacuum hose down the runners a long ways, I think it's fine but I'm going to borrow a high qualitybore scope and check it out to be 100% sure.

when we pulled the carb I noticed something I don't recall before,  is it normal when you tip the carb, even 5 degrees for fuel to pour out the throttle plates ?  maybe it is but I don't remember that.

We're going to try a known good carb just for grins ,  I don't think that's the problem but we're grasping at this point.