[jonalley]

Just reporting back in. I realized that the compression tests were not done with WOT. Redoing those produced good numbers. From everyone's comments I also realized ( and correct me if I'm wrong) that a totally closed throttle plate is not acceptable- slightly open is in order and I moved the linkage adjustment to set that in place. I have had a measure of backfiring too and noticed that two of the carbs show a somewhat wet area at the gasket from the carb to the manifold. I think there is leaking. I am going to pull the carbs off and use some gasket compound on those intersections. I'll report back in as soon as I get a chance to do the work. Thanks for all your support. Jon