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Originally Posted by geezer#99
Maybe you need to do the 6 ounce water dribble tune up on your vehicles every once in awhile.
Dribble a little water into your carb at 1200 rpm. The water turns to steam and cleans the chambers nicely.
An old shady mechanic trick from way back in time.
Charge 50 bucks for a tuneup and use only water.
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Thus trick is one of my favorites but I bring the rpm up between 2-3k rpm since the motor tends to try and stall.
OP. Double check your intakes fit. If the block was decked it's possible that the intake isn't sealing correctly. Make sure the intake isn't bottoming out at the china walls. I am leaning towards this since you said the vacuum was so low. That can also come from timing but I think that it's a leak that sucks oil from the crank case.i run a solid lifter circle track cam and get 8-11 inches of vaccum, just for comparrison.
Another thing to check is the coil. I was fighting fouling plugs and finally realized that the coil was dieing. It finally got to the point that I was blowing grey smoke at idle.