So I bought this 1972 Dodge Charger a year ago. At first cold starts were an issue with having to press the gas pedal 6 or more times to get her started if I hadn't driven in a couple days. Warm/hot starts would only happen with half to full throttle that left me thinking I was dealing with "flooding" after the car was turned off. Also many times you could easily smell the fuel. Did the basic stuff with changing fuel filter, adjusting idle screws/idle (was pulling 22 in of vacuum so very stock 360), and also decided to put some heat wrap on the fuel line from the pump to the carb.
This car always ran fine once it was going although with a a/c solenoid I had to bump the idle up to not die when at stops.
With it getting hotter around here I finally got tired of dealing with the warm/hot start issues. Was thinking maybe to do EFI but the cost compared to new carb (with some other items) stopped me.
Decided I wanted to go the easiest less costly way with getting a new Edelbrock 1906 and it would mount up with hooking up to the kickdown/throttle without issue. Got a new PCV valve, new hoses, new clamps, new air filter, Edelbrock thermal gasket, Mr. Gasket fuel pressure regulator (I know some folks have horror stories although it works fine for what I need then some folks were using this very low pressure gauge on setups it wasn't meant for), and Mr. Gasket inline fuel pressure gauge.
I wanted to eliminate as many possible issues with doing this stuff. So yes I could have rebuilt the carb, but figured since I don't know how long the old carb was in action figured easier to start fresh. Then I can rebuild the 1406 at my leisure and maybe use it on something else or sell it later on. I had already heat shielded the fuel lines and now have a thermal gasket spacer. Fuel pressure regulator to make sure the carb isn't going to get too much pressure and a gauge to monitor.
Took a few hours and worked out great! No warm/hot start issues, and I am glad I figured to try this first before spending more money on EFI.
Some folks ask me about the 1906 performance but I like to cruise with stretching my MPG as much as possible lol. It is much crisper from light to half throttle but that might have to do with the difference in the age of the last carb. A new 1406 might result in similar to not noticeable difference in this regard. Just throwing this out there in case anyone wanted to ask how many differences I can notice with this AV2.
To note I am only getting 20 in of vacuum now so not sure why but not much difference to be concerned with. Also I know this is pretty much a sloppy way to do this but didn't want to have to route to the inner fender or firewall to mount a fuel pressure regulator and run longer lines all over since I already have a lot going on from the fend/firewall lol.
This car always ran fine once it was going although with a a/c solenoid I had to bump the idle up to not die when at stops.
With it getting hotter around here I finally got tired of dealing with the warm/hot start issues. Was thinking maybe to do EFI but the cost compared to new carb (with some other items) stopped me.
Decided I wanted to go the easiest less costly way with getting a new Edelbrock 1906 and it would mount up with hooking up to the kickdown/throttle without issue. Got a new PCV valve, new hoses, new clamps, new air filter, Edelbrock thermal gasket, Mr. Gasket fuel pressure regulator (I know some folks have horror stories although it works fine for what I need then some folks were using this very low pressure gauge on setups it wasn't meant for), and Mr. Gasket inline fuel pressure gauge.
I wanted to eliminate as many possible issues with doing this stuff. So yes I could have rebuilt the carb, but figured since I don't know how long the old carb was in action figured easier to start fresh. Then I can rebuild the 1406 at my leisure and maybe use it on something else or sell it later on. I had already heat shielded the fuel lines and now have a thermal gasket spacer. Fuel pressure regulator to make sure the carb isn't going to get too much pressure and a gauge to monitor.
Took a few hours and worked out great! No warm/hot start issues, and I am glad I figured to try this first before spending more money on EFI.
Some folks ask me about the 1906 performance but I like to cruise with stretching my MPG as much as possible lol. It is much crisper from light to half throttle but that might have to do with the difference in the age of the last carb. A new 1406 might result in similar to not noticeable difference in this regard. Just throwing this out there in case anyone wanted to ask how many differences I can notice with this AV2.
To note I am only getting 20 in of vacuum now so not sure why but not much difference to be concerned with. Also I know this is pretty much a sloppy way to do this but didn't want to have to route to the inner fender or firewall to mount a fuel pressure regulator and run longer lines all over since I already have a lot going on from the fend/firewall lol.
