When I had my stock peanut cam, And I would mash the pedal to the floor, my car would spin and spin forever. Well I swapped it with an LT1 cam, and *poof* there goes all power . From a stop, I could slam on the pedal now, and it will just accelerate very slow, no spin, no nothing. I have tried adjusting the carb, but no gain in power. I have advanced and retarded the timing all over the board, and it still didn't help much. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks

 

an L03 would spin and spin forever??? anyway, about your combo, is it rich, lean, spark knocking, etc. valves maybe be incorrectly adjusted also causing this. how is power in the upper range???

 

I would suspect that the cam is installed one tooth off, probably retarded.

Did you use an entire timing set, not just a gear from here and one from there and a chain from somewhere else?

 

Well may'be not forever But what I was trying to say was that the car would spin the wheels very very easily. I am running slightly rich, and there really isn't much power in the upper range or the lower range. There was much more before the cam swap. I followed the haynes manual when it came to the valve lash, 3/4 of a turn after 0 lash, 0 lash being the point you cannot spin the rod between your fingers. May'be too much? And yes, I used one set, which included everything that I swapped out: timing chain, and sprockets. I don't think that I installed it one tooth off, I remember the 2 dots lining up correctly. Thanks