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Thanks for the responses. It was indeed the crankcase breather setup.

I was running a pipe with only a flame trap straight into the front of the carb. Squeezed the pipe and it instantly ran better.

If anyone can recommend a decent PCV valve I'd be very appreciative!

Thanks again!

Hello there. Having trouble getting my Edelbrock to idle nicely. One moment it idles fine, then i drop the clutch to come up to a junction the revs rise to 1500 and stay there until I blip the throttle. I've checked it's returning properly. Vacuum to the distributor is on the correct port. Dunno!!

I've solved the problem... Airlock!

Got the power drill on it with the filter off and after a fair bit of whizzing covered my dad in oil!

Happy days.

Thanks for all your suggestions.

Thanks for the quick replies.

The engine was in competition use prior to me purchasing, so I'm pretty sure it's not the gasket as I haven't touched it. Not impossible though I suppose.

I believe it's the 3.9 cover as it has a distributor and uses the same water pump as the Disco.

Hello guys. I'm hoping someone can help here with all the collective knowledge! I bought a used RV8 tuned 4.6 lump, that was formerly in a Bowler about 5 years ago which has sat in my heated garage. Anyway, I decided to put it into my TR7 this year and after going over everything and replacing the s...