Jerry
My issue is that others who have done this swap have described the difference as night and day between the 216 and the 235. This is more like night and dusk. Not a dramatic improvement for the money.
The last thing I want to do is tinker with the engine. It runs good. I want to check compression to be sure the head gasket is ok and I have good even compression. If a new head gasket was bad once it could happen again. The previous head gasket had a very subtle leak. If I had not dripped some coolant on the seam and seen bubbles of air escaping I might never have found it.
Also the carb on there is from the 216...might not be enough to feed the 235.
I have a newly remanufactured rochester b that is the correct carb for this engine.
The wheels are not dragging. I checked them tonight.
Remember the professional tuning started with replacing a defective head gasket. I don't think anyone could have gotten this engine running right with a leaking head gasket.
As I said maybe I am expecting too much. The old 216 might not have been that bad off ... it might be that this is all due to low gearing and old technology.
Rich
