i bet he did love it...thats the age you get em hooked....GOOD CLEAN FUN AT ITS BEST !!!!!!
Mark- i know what your saying about drawing the line with the HP parts etc......
i personally think this COULD be your problem..it has all the markings..but i would not bet my life on it...the only way to tell is go two directions with it...plus i am the type of person to look back in history...my question i would be asking myself is why did it work years ago VS now...what has changed ?...this could be part of your answer...HEI igintions are known for giving up over 5k rpm.....
#1- keep working with it and change and tweak everything
around the igintion.
#2- go straight to the igintion, Dist,coil and change it out..
the best thing that could happen if you knew somoene that had a 6al box and distributer that could let you try it out...
its gonna be whatever is the most cost effective for you which will be option #1 in most cases....but the fact of the matter is..its gonna be what its gonna be in the end..lol
..in your last e-mail you confirmed you still had around 6lbs of fuel pressure at WOT..so this eliminates fuel starvation...6lbs is plenty of fuel at the carb........just sounds to me that you have an ignition breaking down at higher rpm's....now whaen i say iginition ..i am taking in the coil,module and anythinbg else electrical..as silly as it may sound..i would not cross out a bad plug 100%.....
i hope for you thats its not the problem and it is something much simpler..please let us know when you find it out.
Brian