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Old 02-19-2013, 04:52 AM   #1
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altitude: how much is it worth to mess with carb

I live at 5000 ft & just bought a remanufactured uremco carb for my 250. The thing purrs right off the bat but it is tune for sea level.
Is it worth it to crack it open in order to put new jets or even mess with its tuning: how much would that cost & when would I get the money back? 5 to 10% fuel economy? Protecting the barings from crude?
I have dealt with a few carbs in my motorcycle days this is why I ponder about tweaking a blue print one.
I see 3 adjustments screws on this Rochester, idle richness & speed, & this top screw mounted on a spring which could be the main richness.
BTW do you guys have a choke cable braket attached to the carb? Can t remember if the other one had one & I forgot to take it off or else. No schematic available.
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Old 02-19-2013, 07:03 PM   #2
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If it runs good I would leave it alone. You can drive it a bit & read the plugs. If there is black soot on the insulater then it is running rich. Slowly turn the idle mixture in till the engine starts to slow down. Then back it out enough to speed back up, about 1/2 turn. The screw on top is a bowl vent. It should open a little when the throttle is closed.
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Old 02-19-2013, 07:15 PM   #3
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Re: altitude: how much is it worth to mess with carb

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/e...g/viewall.html

Here is a link to a good article about the subject. It does get deep and there is not a simple answer.

I wonder what they did in that area when there were nothing but carbs. Did GM and others have specific carb set ups for high elevations?
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Old 02-19-2013, 07:23 PM   #4
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Re: altitude: how much is it worth to mess with carb

Way back when, we had a 65 Impala SS with a 327 and 4-barrel. We lived in Southern California and made a trip to the high elevations of Yosemite . The car ran like crap there, so I tweaked the mixture screws and solved the problem.

But, I don't know anything about the type of carb you have.
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Old 02-19-2013, 08:49 PM   #5
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Re: altitude: how much is it worth to mess with carb

Yeah, what kind of carb is it? Can you post more pics? From the pic you posted it doesn't look like any rochester single barrels I'm familiar with.

re. screw on top. I believe it's the idle vent screw described below.

On some applications. the external vents are replaced
by an idle vent valve. The vent valve is located directly over the
pump plunger. When the throttle valve is closed, the
top of the pump plunger opens the vent valve and
allows fuel vapars to vent from the float bowl during
hot idle operation. The vent valve automatically
closes after the throttle valve has moved from the
idle position into the off-idle range.
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http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/e...g/viewall.html

Here is a link to a good article about the subject. It does get deep and there is not a simple answer.

I wonder what they did in that area when there were nothing but carbs. Did GM and others have specific carb set ups for high elevations?
Yes. There were high altitude carburetors. You'll find smaller jets and idle bleed ports in them. The reason for this is because the lower atmospheric pressure combined with a rich jet setting will cause a rich condition, as has been mentioned. High altitude and California are synonymous for carburetion, btw, meaning that, generally, a carb from California will perform reasonably well in the mountains. That's mostly due to smog tuning.
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Re: altitude: how much is it worth to mess with carb

That looks like a Rochester Model B, which was replaced by the Monojets in what-68 or so?

There nothing simpler than chaging the jet on it. Remove the 4 shiny screws and lift off the top (taking care to not tear the gasket) and the main jet is right there. Jets are availble in all sizes, for about 10 bucks. I'll be going through that same issue soon. I live above 5000' and rarely get under 4000'. But up to 7 or 8 thousand is common.
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Old 02-19-2013, 10:53 PM   #8
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I lived in Phoenix most of my life. I moved to Reno for a short time and had to go to Truckee Cal. MANY times. The thing that made the most difference for me then was advancing the timing a bit when I got to altitude. When I came back down, retard it a bit and I was good again. I lft the distributor just snug enough to turn it a few degrees.
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Old 02-20-2013, 12:37 PM   #9
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Re: altitude: how much is it worth to mess with carb

That's a 67 Rochester uremco rebuild, looks like the core I gave back, pix coming.
NAPA was the only place for this particular rebuild kit but they couldn't figure out which one, so I spent the big bux at summit.

Guess I have to search for jets about 5 sizes under, hope they can figure this one out this time.

Reno is were I live, it is now a combination a smog and altitude, right now cold but "hot august nights".
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Re: altitude: how much is it worth to mess with carb

Yeah, that is a Rochester B. I've had several monojets but not a model B. I like those early models. Info here http://thefirstgensite.com/library/6...67S6BP4_16.pdf
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Thx for the manual.
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Re: altitude: how much is it worth to mess with carb

let it be known that no smaller size jets are available for this type carburetor.

Summit doesn't know of any, Uremco did their research and so did Delco to no avail.
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How small do you want to go. I may have a .052 or so around.
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Old 04-07-2013, 09:15 AM   #18
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Thx, I live at 5000 ft but dunno what size is in. Are you sure it woild work in this rochester B 1barrel? If so I ll open it up & check the numbers. Should b 2 sizes per 1000ft, so 10 sizes down I presume.
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let it be known that no smaller size jets are available for this type carburetor.

Summit doesn't know of any, Uremco did their research and so did Delco to no avail.
I disagree. This guy sold me some just a couple months ago. The price has even gone down, they used to be 9 bucks each.
http://www.carburetor-parts.com/Roch...Jets_p_97.html
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I think you are making too big a deal out of it. Read the plugs. If they have a coat of black carbon on them you are running rich. About 2 sizes smaller would work. If they are white with blisters you are too lean. Pure white or a slight brown is normal. If its running good leave it alone.
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