I order most of my car parts from eBay I tend to save 10-65% of what napa wants and I refuse to go to autozone now and about the puck are you sure it will hold up ?

 

I like rockauto, but I hate waiting for shipping. I have a really really good discount at advance (5-10% over there price, usually about 50% off) I also buy quite a few parts off amazon.

 

Well, shes done... sort of. I still gotta adjust the rockers, put the interior back together, and put the passenger side door back together. But i did drive it

 

My new header and down pipe

 

So the car is surging at idle, at first I thought it was the rockers but I adjusted them with no change (.007" between the rocker and cam lobe). The timing is perfect (15° btdc). Could it be because the gas is kinda old? The kid filled the tank and drove about 5 miles and blew the motor, that was back in early june.

 

I really doubt it's the gas. That sounds like an air/fuel management issue, not an octane issue.
What happens when you unplug the IAC?

 

Haven't tried that, I googled "engine surging" and bad fuel was one of the suggestions. I'll try the iac tomorrow.

 

I'd say the "surging" help you were finding was likely in reference to bad gas causing the engine to bog.
Yours is acting too rhythmic, like it's cycling rich-lean-rich-lean. Something there can't make up it's mind.

 

well im pretty sure this engines f****d, today i was working on the surging issue and i noticed it was smoking real bad. i checked the oil and it was gray. i drained it and it looks to be 1/2-3/4 qt too much.

 

Did you rebuild the whole engine, or just work on the upper end? Did some of your coolant disappear on you?