Idle
#1
Idle
Hello everybody first time here but I need help. I have a 71 olds 350 with a mild cam, headers, aluminum intake, and holly 650 carb. The vehicle runs great and starts right up. The problem is as I drive the farther I drive and longer I drive I loose a lot of rpm at idle. It starts out on the choke at around 900 rpm. It drops to about 700 to 750 when it warms up. If I keep driving and stop it will be all the way down to around 600 and barley running. When I give it gas it will go very well. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Auto trans by the way.
#5
You need to set the fast idle and curb idle speed screws independently. You also need to verify that the choke opens at the right time. I'm not a Holley expert but every carb has separate adjusting screws for fast idle and curb idle.
#7
base trmming is about 10 to 12 BTDC.i set everything with a vacuum gauge. Manifold vacuum advance and points. It runs real strong on top end. The idle circut seems to be my only problem. Thanks for your help.
#9
Timing sounds right. What cam is it and how much vacuum on the gauge? Can you exchange the idle air bleeds? Have you adjusted the mixture screws? Adjust the mixture screws for the highest idle and set the curb idle screw up and down as necessary. I personally like about 900 to 1000 RPM in park and it usually ends up about 750 or 800 RPM in drive.
#10
Timing sounds right. What cam is it and how much vacuum on the gauge? Can you exchange the idle air bleeds? Have you adjusted the mixture screws? Adjust the mixture screws for the highest idle and set the curb idle screw up and down as necessary. I personally like about 900 to 1000 RPM in park and it usually ends up about 750 or 800 RPM in drive.
#12
The rich idle may be necessary to cover a small air leak at one port. Adust the idle leaner for a test and use WD or propane to investigate--see if it smooths out.
Don't forget to test on the valley side of the manifold with propane.
Don't forget to test on the valley side of the manifold with propane.
#14
#15
Timing sounds right. What cam is it and how much vacuum on the gauge? Can you exchange the idle air bleeds? Have you adjusted the mixture screws? Adjust the mixture screws for the highest idle and set the curb idle screw up and down as necessary. I personally like about 900 to 1000 RPM in park and it usually ends up about 750 or 800 RPM in drive.
#16
No problem. I'm assuming your dwell was set to 30? Did you connect your vacuum advance to manifold vacuum? Also be careful on advancing your timing too far as your total advance with vacuum will cause pinging under light acceleration.
#17
I might have found part of the problem. I put the vacuum advance on the Holley carb where it said it went but at idle there is no vacuum on that port. I am getting a fitting for the intake so it will be fulltime vacuum.
#21
Joe, as said, just making sure the timing an dwell were in spec before addressing the carb. That cam is probably the 204/214 "Performer" cam, mine had similar vacuum readings. That cam with 8 to 1 compression will like a couple more degrees of timing. Set the mixture screws to the highest vacuum/RPM and bump your curb idle up a good 50 RPM and see if the problem still occurs.
#22
Joe, as said, just making sure the timing an dwell were in spec before addressing the carb. That cam is probably the 204/214 "Performer" cam, mine had similar vacuum readings. That cam with 8 to 1 compression will like a couple more degrees of timing. Set the mixture screws to the highest vacuum/RPM and bump your curb idle up a good 50 RPM and see if the problem still occurs.
#23
problem solved. Don' know exactly why but moved the vacuum advance to manifold,bumped the trmming up 2 degrees, checked dwell, and then adjusted mixture screws with vacuum gauge. Runs great and idle stays at about 750 at idle. I want to thank all who helped. This is a great forum. I really appreciate it guys.
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