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Thanks everyone! I think I have a solid understanding of what to do now. I read all the links and watched a couple YouTube videos to clarify things. 

I apologize I haven’t had the chance to read everything yet, been fairly busy the last 2 days and the catalytic converters got stolen out of my other car 😕 I also want to note that I do have a tachometer now. It’s an old engine analyzer tool that I just found and got working again. I also have a...

The engine is a 351-2v Cleveland. Originally a 2bbl carburetor. The internals are stock to the best of my knowledge. The only notable aftermarket parts are an Edelbrock 650cfm carb, RPM air gap intake manifold, Edelbrock valve covers, air cleaner and pertronix ignitor. The cap/rotor, plugs...

The pump slot I’m in is the middle, however I tried the highest one and made no difference. I’m going to try increasing the jet size and then see if that helps. Should I only increase the primaries or also do the secondaries too? 

See I was wondering if it was running rich initially because a friend driving behind me said that when I’d accelerate there would be black smoke coming from the passenger side exhaust pipe. However my spark plugs don’t seem blackened by carbon. I was hesitant to install larger jets because of...

Plug wires are Autolite 7mm Professional Series and Spark plugs are Motorcraft ASF42CA Copper Core. The distributer cap isn’t anything other than just a stock one I got at the parts store. Distributer itself is original as far as I know. And it’s just the Pertronix igniter inside the distributer...

So I want to get the timing correct on my 1972 Mustang before further tuning the carburetor. I had a friend help me a while back with it last time, but I still don't really understand how to figure out what timing is best. I am running a 351 Cleveland with 2 valve heads, an Edelbrock 4 barrel...

It’s a 351-2v Cleveland, stock bottom end. I took apart the top half of the engine and got the heads refurbished due to a hairline crack in both. I also added a 4 barrel Edelbrock 650cfm carb & performance intake manifold, along with Hedman headers. It has a stock distributor but with a...

From the heads 

I started noticing a tick coming from the engine that I suspect might have to do with timing and vacuum advance. I’m pretty inexperienced with doing the timing though. I run 89 octane fuel at the moment. My distributor is stock and I’ve been wondering how to adjust the vacuum advance on it. It...

UPDATE The vacuum line that connects from the transmission to the manifold was disconnected. Car shifts fine now. So happy this problem was solved! Thank you everyone for your advice

I was going to look at the vacuum lines today. I'd be surprised if there was a leak of some sort

Hi Everyone, I took my 1972 Mustang to a shop to get the passenger side rear axle replaced because the current one was bent slightly from clipping a curb. When I picked up the car and was taking it home I very quickly realized the car wasn't shifting properly. When I got it home I added 1 1/2...

Hello everyone! A while ago I was going around a turn in the rain and my 1972 Mustang slid out and I overcorrected the recovery and clipped a curb with my passenger side rear wheel. I replaced the smoothie wheel with a new one and got it fitted onto the tire and put back onto the car. Although...

It's an electric choke that i haven't hooked up yet because i didn't need it to start the engine. I suppose i'll do that next.

It's an electric choke that i haven't hooked up yet. It could be that, i didn't think i needed to hook that up to get the engine started so i'll do that next. Even though Edelbrock says to attach it to a 12v power source that isn't the ignition coil, is it okay to attach it to that for...

Hi everyone,  So i finally got my Mustang running after 3 years of sitting and a partially rebuilt engine! I'm extremely happy and it sounds awesome! It took so long because this is my first time really tearing apart the top end of an engine and i'm still a novice when it comes to mechanics...

Here's the video! 

Thank you!! Yeah i posted it on 2 different Facebook pages. I tried to upload the video as a reply here but it wouldn't let me. If i can figure out how to upload it I definitely will