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Old June 12th, 2006, 11:31 AM   #2 (permalink)
Oldsguy
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I don't know about the cv joint problem for sure but it sure does appear to be from your description. About the carb and accelleration problems, I would vote on the carb causing the trouble/smooth performance on RH turns because the carb is not center hung, so a turn in one direction would cause a different behavior than a turn in the other or straightline run. Let's say you are running a little low on your float level so the car can act spurty in full throttle performance because you are sucking the bowl dry too fast, but when you make a right hand turn the float drops earlier than it normally would on a straight line accelleration so you begin to overfill the bowl but since you are full acceleration then the car uses that extra fuel and it seems like a normal/smooth full throttle acceleration that is good. Does that make sense? I am just guessing on this, don't paint my wagon red and run me outta town
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