my car was running fine, but i got a radiator leak, I changed the radiator right away though. Now when i start up my car it seems to run roughly it wont keep an idle and when i step on the gas the rpms rise very slow. I dont know what could have cause this but mabey you guys could help me find out. its on my 69 camaro 350 small block. My timing was off a little bit, only a degree or 2. Thanks!

 

All you changed was the radiator, you swear?

 

if it got hot first it sounds like a head gasket do you have any smoke coming out of the exhaust.

 

ya theres some smoke and i can smell gas i think fumes from the exhaust, and before i new my radiator was leaking i was warming it up and it warmed up faster than usual and got hot.

 

If you smell gas, sounds like trash in your needles causing engine to run rich. Or a stuck choke.

 

ya im gonna try putting on a new carb, i have a brand new edelbrock thunder avs carb in my garage, just didnt put it on cause i wasnt sure on how to tune it, but im going to put it on this saturday cause i found out how to tune it. thats what i was thinking it might be but still not sure

 

after lots of troubleshooting i found out that i blew the points in my distributor, so i went ahead and bought an msd setup with a street distributor, msd 6al, and blaster ss coil and it ran good after that was installed!