Kieth , If you dont have this thing figured out by now
somethings REALLY wrong.
Swap those carbs we talked about last night to
isolate that fuel problem. Then move to the timing . I
have put my Snap on Digital timing light in the shop
before too but I doubt that's what it is .
Rainy and nasty in DC
George
--- Bill Bennett <benettw@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> kinda have to agree to this theory or close to it.
> Years ago I had a
> motor that I could not get to run right, always
> wanted to be lean at
> idle. Problem I was having to open the throttle to
> far to get enuff
> air in the motor to idle and uncovering the slots in
> the bottom of the
> throttle bores. Solution drilled a small hole in
> each of the primary
> butterflies so throttle could be closed down some.
> Problem solved.
>
> Bill B
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: dahlgren <dahlgren@uconect.net>
> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
> Cc: <Land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 11:58 AM
> Subject: Re: C Motor Continued
>
>
> > the idle air bleeds are probably wrong.... lots of
> rpm and has not
> > picked up the mains yet.. why did you idle it so
> fast that the
> headers
> > did glow?? what is the point??? does not break in
> the engine does
> almost
> > nothing but burn gas.. if you are into that..what
> is the timing set
> at
> > anyway.. if it is a race engine I assume you have
> a crank trigger
> and no
> > advance of any kind. Run 36 to 38 degress
> everywhere...reatrded
> timing
> > will increase the fuel requirement drastically
> also. So if you had
> 20
> > deg initial and was running 2500 no load the
> timing is probably only
> 25
> > degress and way retarded the main reason for a
> vacumm advance..
> > Dahlgren
> >
> > Keith Turk wrote:
> > >
> > > Well the Headers were Much Cooler this Morning
> and I wasn't
> Falling down
> > > tired....
> > >
> > > Everyone's Comments about it being Lean seem to
> Point in the Right
> > > Direction.
> > >
> > > The Plugs were Toasty... Not White... but
> Lean.... Now the
> question is Why
> > > does this Carb start Running Lean at a High
> Idle.
> > >
> > > This is about our Favorite Carb... an Old 750
> Holley that has
> really served
> > > us well over the last two Years. It's been
> worked on a Ton... and
> Flows
> > > really well and for the Most Part has been
> really Predictable. We
> have run
> > > it on 4 different Motors From a Dead Stock 300hp
> 350 to the D
> motor at
> > > Bville.
> > >
> > > Kinda enjoying sitting here and Listening to
> everyone's
> Comments....
> > > Thanks..
> > >
> > > Keith Turk
> > > Austin Healey 100, Bugeye, Box sprites,
> Bonneville Camaro ( Land
> Speed
> > > Racer)
> >
>
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>
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