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Re: Puffy Vrotate, How much did that job cost or can you do it yourself? Mine puffs on start up as well. I'm tired of looking in my rear view for the smoke to pop up. Thanks, Anthony

installed, not modifications I installed the Griffen with no modifications to any of the brackets. I did you the corvette radiator and not the generic style...probably went wrong there. It's done now and it works great.

sorry about the delay here's the routing on my 3x2

I'll post pictures of the way mine is run when I get back to my computer. I think I know the tube that you are saying that your's is connected to now. That seems like it would almost keep the secondaries open all the time. That vacuum is capped off on mine. I should have the pic up within a...

We got it all put back together...just not exactly the way it came off. On the aft part of the mechanism that hooks up the throttle cable and the secondary linkage there is a slotted area that runs almost the entire length of the mechanism vertically. We just attached the linkage to that and...

Ok, so I'm pretty sure that the diaphrams are bad b/c when I blow on the source end, there is no resistance...the air goes right through to the interior of the secondary.

I was replacing the vacuum hoses on my 3x2 setup and notice that if I blow or suck on the secondaries connection that I can easily move air through the carb. Is this correct? Should I be able to suck or blow air and hear it (inside the venturi I think?)

Jim, yep, I must have the same manual. Mine says the same thing. The only thing is is that they rods will not lengthen and tighten enough to get to where they are supposed to go. Is there are way to adjust the primary throttle linkage so the center hole will rotate forward about .5-.75...

Continuing the story.... Well, I found out the the gasket between the intake manifold and primary carb was the wrong one. :duh I may as well have drilled a hole in the intake. It was sucking in that much air. She's running much better. The idle is great for the most part....could probably...

She's Running I took the air filter back off to look at the carbs. I noticed that I had lost some pedal travel since I put the primary back on. The linkage for the secondaries was holding them open with the accelerater in at the idle position. I disconnected that and she started right up...

Chris, I figured that would work just fine. Thanks. I have a bigger issue now...if you wouldn't mind taking a look. haha, I'm at a loss here. Fire Breathing Carb Thread

Checked the wires...even put the old wires back on....Same thing. I'm pretty familiar with the routing of the wires. I've taken them off before. I lined the harmonic balancer up 4 degrees BDTC....the rotor was exactly where I expected it to be...on the #1. The problem does seem to be timing...

I'm about to head out to do the checks. I don't feel as stumped this morning...I'll get it to work. I have upgraded to the Pertronix electronic ignition inside the distributor. The car has run great since that upgrade. I'll let ya'll know how this mornings efforts go. Thanks for the help.

I'm gonna start over tomorrow...recheck the wires and timing. How do I check the timing if the engine won't even run? The carb is it same one; they didn't have any in stock so they refurbished mine. The problem seems timing related...like the wires are mixed up. Huh, dumbfounded. :confused

AAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHH!!! I installed the refurbished carb from Recarbco, changed the wires over to the Taylor 409s and............. The car won't run. It'll turn over and start for just a second or two then stop. Most of the time when it quits the carbs (all three) will hiccup with a flame or...

Here's my deal...I'm trying to hook up my wipers...safety, you know..it's somewhat important. The aerodynamics do a pretty good job of blowing the water off the windshield but the wipers may help a bit too. My car's headlights have been shaved and mounted in the grill eliminating the need for...

nice Busy little bee over there at Air Force. We're about to do our first Dyno runs on the Formula Engine. We don't have a drum, just the engine stand dynos....or maybe we do. There's alot of stuff back in that room that I haven't seen. Oh well, I can't tell you anything about your numbers...

Got the Carb Back I got it back and it looks GREAT!!! Now I have a question. Do I need to fill the fuel bowl before I try to start the car? The installation instructions warn that some car's accelerator pumps will be damaged if it's pumped with no gas in the bowl. If I do need to fill the...

That's pretty much what I figured.....thougtht I'd throw the question out there. Thanks for all the responses. Chris used the Taylor 10.4mm in his beast. Like he said, there's no reason you need something that big except that they look cool. I'm leaning that way.

Thanks for the info. Eric, yeah I did upgrade the coil as well. It's the 40,000 Volt Oil Filled from Pertronix. The guy "SALESMAN" from Nology told me that the oil filled coil didn't ramp up fast enough for the high performance application that the wires are used for. In other words, if I...