[MidOHasp]

Hey guys, little bit more info...

Miss is happening during the course of an acceleration (very light accel) in first 4 gears. Given my shifting pattern through the neighborhood (when it's most noticeable), I'm seeing the miss between 2.5-4K.

I could be wrong but I don't really remember noticing the miss that much during a TRUE steady cruise. Although come to think of it, maybe it is missing then. I DEFINITELY feel it, however, when I "breathe" on the gas.

There is no choke on the carb. It misses when very cold, yes, and it is somewhat difficult to keep running for the first 5-10 seconds.

I did notice the allen-head bolts running horizontally that seemed to "Keep the front and back of the carb on" were loose when I first inspected the motor this season. I snugged those up. Could it be over the winter that the gaskets (are there any?) deteriorated?

Perhaps it would be in my best interest to pull the carb off and replace the carb to intake gasket, snug all bolts on the carb itself, etc...

To check vacuum, just hook up a vacuum gauge to the PCV hole on the carb and simulate the driving conditions??

A little more history: When this first started, I had switched to Champion race plugs. I thought they could be the source (after I changed them, the car missed...but then again I did some other things, too), so I pulled them all back out. #7 was clean as a baby's butt. Wait, that's not clean, that's smooth. #7 was as clean as something that's really clean...sorry, at a loss of great metaphors or hilarious comparisons.

So, needless to say, I've been trying to pinpoint the problem to the seventh hole. But to me, the miss feels more like the whole engine is going back and forth between choking and breathing fire...rather than just having one dead-miss cylinder.

I'll check back later and see how everyone feels with this info.

Thanks
JP