Dan, I'm no carb expert, but I've rebuilt a few. I can't address problems
that stock situations don't have. I live in Denver, and, as I recall you
live in El Paso. Am i not correct, both towns are a mile high? Altitude
makes a great deal of difference as to how carbs are tuned. They must be
leaned out and power valves must also use a leaner mixture. My Tiger was
dreadful when I first got it. The dealership had been selling them for 3
years when I bought mine, but they didn't have a clue as to why mine was so
sluggish, even at a traffic light. I messed with mine, since they didn't
seem to know (or care) about customer service. I don't remember now, what
the size calibrations were, but I went one size smaller for the power valve
and it cleared up the sluggishness problem. I've never had a problem
since.I hope this helps
W. G. Bell
Original owner
#382001670 (Still a great car)
----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel S. Eiland <daniel@htg.net>
To: Steve Laifman <laifman@flash.net>
Cc: Tigers@autox,team.net <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 5:47 PM
Subject: Carb Adjustment
> Steve,
> Went back and went over everything in the Holley book. Then removed
the
> carb, closed the secondary and adjusted the floats with the engine
running.
> Adjusted the idle mixture screws and the engine timing then took her out
for
> a test drive. Still lacks power off the line, but once the car gets going
it
> is like you said in your last email, it's very responsive yet smooth and
> more power than I have ever had. No longer getting that feeling like the
> secondary kicked in. Upon returning I went to put the filter on and the
car
> wants to stall. Put my old Edlebrock triangular filter back on and it
runs.
> Car is hard to start though. Right now everything is set according to the
> Holley book I have. I think I located the problem. When I was checking the
> engine I noticed some oil around the distributor at the block. Can't get
the
> engine to duplicate the leak while in the shop. Cleaned the mess up and
took
> the car out for a drive. The car is sluggish at start but once moving it
> runs real strong and doesn't let up. Brought the car home and shut the
> engine off. Opened the hood and sure enough I have oil around the
> distributor again. Went to start the car again and it wants to crank a
while
> before it starts and then I have to give it just a tiny bit of gas to get
> the rpm up there before it wants to hold it's own. Seems to me I blew the
> front gasket to the intake manifold. I don't know how this would effect
the
> carb settings.
> Dan
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