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lukecp · 08-24-2002, 08:31 PM

I was driving around town last night, when i decided to light up the tires in my truck and do a really cool smokey burnout. After i was done, i stopped to pull out into traffic, and there was a fairly strong smell of gas coming from the truck (windows were down), it it was idling kinda funky, a little bit slower than usual. The carb is an edelbrock 1406. It then ran fine when i pulled out into traffic. I'm usually not very hard on the truck, so this is the first time it has done this. Is it just unburnt fuel from opening up the secondaries in the carb, and then hitting the brakes to stop it?

Suicide-D · 08-24-2002, 08:49 PM

Are you using a fuel pressure regulator? thats exactly what mine was doing when I didn't have one and the regulator cured it right up. I was unaware that edelbrocks didn't like more than 5.5 psi. my stock fuel pump was knocking out 7 psi at idle. so I would imagine it was flooding itself and causing it too idle wrong. I had a really smooth idle and shouldn't have... I put the regulator on and the cam idle appeared and the stumble right off of idle disappeared. I followed the advice of other Board members and got the holley regulator and installed a liquid filled guage on it. There are cheaper ones than that but I didn't want to mess with it all the time.

Suicide-D · 08-24-2002, 08:50 PM

my set up...

08-24-2002, 08:31 PM	#1
lukecp Formerly yellow72custom Join Date: May 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 7,531	Smells like gas I was driving around town last night, when i decided to light up the tires in my truck and do a really cool smokey burnout. After i was done, i stopped to pull out into traffic, and there was a fairly strong smell of gas coming from the truck (windows were down), it it was idling kinda funky, a little bit slower than usual. The carb is an edelbrock 1406. It then ran fine when i pulled out into traffic. I'm usually not very hard on the truck, so this is the first time it has done this. Is it just unburnt fuel from opening up the secondaries in the carb, and then hitting the brakes to stop it? __________________ '72 Chevy C10 Mild 350/TH350/3.07. Ochre/White. Old high school ride. '70 GMC C2500 '62 327 4bbl/SM465/4.56-geared Dana 60. White/White. Project or parts truck. '97 Saturn SL DD. 1.9/5-speed. 40+ highway mpg

08-24-2002, 08:50 PM	#3
Suicide-D Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Katy, TX...but the love of my life resides in Dublin,OH. Posts: 1,408	my set up... Attached Images

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08-24-2002, 08:49 PM	#2
Suicide-D Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Katy, TX...but the love of my life resides in Dublin,OH. Posts: 1,408	Are you using a fuel pressure regulator? thats exactly what mine was doing when I didn't have one and the regulator cured it right up. I was unaware that edelbrocks didn't like more than 5.5 psi. my stock fuel pump was knocking out 7 psi at idle. so I would imagine it was flooding itself and causing it too idle wrong. I had a really smooth idle and shouldn't have... I put the regulator on and the cam idle appeared and the stumble right off of idle disappeared. I followed the advice of other Board members and got the holley regulator and installed a liquid filled guage on it. There are cheaper ones than that but I didn't want to mess with it all the time.



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