Another Carb Problem
#1
Another Carb Problem
Hi all, not been on for a while so I apologise for that.
I converted my '63 88 394ci from a 2bbl to 4bbl carb and always found that under heavy throttle it would run out of gas so I finally got round to taking the carb apart only to find that the floats were too low leaving only 1/4" of fuel in the float bowls. After ajustment I took the car for a test run, stopped on a quiet straight piece of road and floored it, no problems, straight upto 80mph with no hesitation at all. Boy was I happy, and it has been fine ever since.
Now for the problem, I was driving around today no problem and after visiting a friend I fired the car up to show off as you do (he has only got a V6) no problem, mucking about he put his foot ovver one of the pipes and blocked it for about 10 seconds, as I don't have a balance pipe could this have done any damage because I pulled away strongly but the first time I stopped at a juction the car stalled and all the way home when I stopped at a junction it would run real rough and stall. Now it will not idle at all and runs really rough, it is a pig to start and will only keep running if you keep the revs up.
Any help would be gratefully received thanks
Aris
I converted my '63 88 394ci from a 2bbl to 4bbl carb and always found that under heavy throttle it would run out of gas so I finally got round to taking the carb apart only to find that the floats were too low leaving only 1/4" of fuel in the float bowls. After ajustment I took the car for a test run, stopped on a quiet straight piece of road and floored it, no problems, straight upto 80mph with no hesitation at all. Boy was I happy, and it has been fine ever since.
Now for the problem, I was driving around today no problem and after visiting a friend I fired the car up to show off as you do (he has only got a V6) no problem, mucking about he put his foot ovver one of the pipes and blocked it for about 10 seconds, as I don't have a balance pipe could this have done any damage because I pulled away strongly but the first time I stopped at a juction the car stalled and all the way home when I stopped at a junction it would run real rough and stall. Now it will not idle at all and runs really rough, it is a pig to start and will only keep running if you keep the revs up.
Any help would be gratefully received thanks
Aris
#5
Got it sorted now... fitted an Edelbrock performer. As soon as I started it up it was so smooth, spent a couple of hours making an adaptor for the linkage and now it starts, idles, runs, has plenty of power and the box changes as it should. Happy days!!!
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