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Originally Posted by noonzor
excellent, excellent! damn good thing there are engine tech and carb know it alls out there. cpl years ago at the track, couldnt get my car to idle properly, kept dying on the launch.... a dude came over all curious(really liked the car and wanted it to run) determined it was carb issues, pulled the carb off took it to his trailer, cleaned and rebuilt it with some parts in his trailer. 2 hrs later i ran an 11.67 and broke my last time of 11.76. beers were on me that night....... anyways thats my carb story haha.
glad to hear progress, she sounds nasty and i cant wait to see more! and dryer venting is a perfect multi-purpose tool!! haha
Keep It Up!
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Kyle, i am still learning carbs, but this is a great start, it is a good thing i know ppl that know ppl. hehe. how they are set makes a HUGE difference!!
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Originally Posted by hgs_notes
If your vacuum is that low, and the engine has not really been run before, do a valve adjustment. This is almost exactly the symptoms I had on my jimmy. The valves were way too tight, which causes low vacuum and no low end power. I could get it to idle, but it would die as soon as it was put in gear. Do this before you do anything with the torque convertor.
I had adjusted them before it was installed in the truck, but I don't trust that method. If you have a lot of oil on the pushrod tips, the lifters will colapse some while you are tightening them down and you can continue to turn the push rod with your fingers. Even a half turn too much on a couple valves will create problems. Pull the valve cover, start the engine with a vacuum gage on it, loosen the rocker nut until it starts to clack, tighten until the clacking is gone, tighten another half turn. If you have to loosen the nut more than a full turn to here the clacking, it was too tight to begin with.
I may be an amateur body guy, but I know what I'm talking about on this.
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I tend to agree with you, i am gonna re lash the valves, but it was also a stock convertor, no anymore!! hehe
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Originally Posted by Yukon Jack
Quite a project - you have very impressive skills!
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THANK YOU!!! I love what i do, that is for sure.