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It has been awhile since I did a full rebuild on a carburetor. I’ve changed jets, power valves, metering blocks, accelerometer pump cams and such but it has been years since I did a full tear down. I have these cars out back: They both have mild 360s with the most basic of all Holley...

I have almost no experience at all with Edelbrock carburetors. I've used Holley and Holly based carbs if I don't have a Thermoquad in place. Recently I noticed that a car in my shop has an air cleaner assembly that doesn't sit right on the Edelbrock 800 cfm unit. The air filter base shaped...

There are strong arguments on both sides. I'd like to hear yours. I have always used ported vacuum. To me, it made sense to let the engine operate with simple initial/base timing at idle, let the distributor operate on it's own in regards to mechanical advance and then let the vacuum can add...

It has been awhile since I have tinkered with the carburetor in Ginger but a few things have changed lately that require me to go back in. I rebuilt the 440-495 with slightly less compression. I was at 10.1 to 1 before with THICK head gaskets, no quench, a MP '528 cam, 1.6 ratio rocker arms, 2"...

Hello, I'm closing in on the point to start the car after a rebuild. Once I get it up and running, I'll need to do some tuning since I changed a few things while the car was apart. The combination is as follows: 1970 Charger. 440 based 495 with 9.8 compression. Edelbrock heads, Lunati solid...

The Charger starts and runs great BUT when I went out for a drive today, I went through some areas with fairly steep grades. On level ground and going up, the car acts normally. Going down hill, the engine wants to stall. I had to pop it into neutral and rap the throttle. I'm guessing fuel level...

I have been having some rough running episodes when starting my car for the first time after a cool down. It runs lean, sputters and runs rough until it gets up to temperature. My air/fuel gauge shows it running between 16.0 and past 18.0 which is off the gauge's limits. Once it warms up, it...

I'm adding A/C to my '70 Charger and the change of placement of the alternator requires me to replace the fuel line from the regulator to the dual feed fuel rail on the RH side of the carburetor. I have the regulator mounted to the frame rail near the pump. The original routing was sort of like...

Who needs a choke? Those just block airflow and slow the car down! Years ago I felt that way. I pulled the choke and linkages from my 850 Demon and went on my way. It seemed that a choke was for cold weather driving. Back then, I only drove the car in Spring, Summer and fall when the...

I have a real crappy run of luck with these carburetors. Every one that I have owned, old or rebuilt seem to give me trouble. The latest is the one in my 73 Dart Sport. It is an original 340 car that I got without an engine. I had a low mile 360 on a stand so I regasketed it and put it in. The...

Could a bad float cause this? Would a bad float allow the bowl to overflow through the boosters and the vent at the top? I have a 2 year old 600 Vacuum secondary 4 barrel in my 75 Power Wagon 440. It usually runs great but today when I started it after a 3 week rest, it ran rough and wouldn't...

I was having some fuel starvation issues so I pulled my Holley mechanical pump and installed a Carter. the Holley did deliver a steady 6-7 lbs of pressure. This Carter is between 10 and 11. The way I see it, I'd need to install a regulator to keep things kosher. I'm thinking of installing this...

Pretty cool stuff. I've never been one to embrace new technology. Hell, I'm still using AOL for my email. I do drive an 07 Ram since I need a reliable work truck. Months ago when I was neck deep in trying to tune the car after a cam swap, I installed an AEM Wideband Air/Fuel guage. The cam swap...