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5spdwagon
AMC Addicted Joined: Jun/29/2012 Location: Guy ton ga Status: Offline Points: 522 |
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Well pulling the carb back off again. I can not get this turd holley tunes to this motor.
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Ollie
AMC Addicted Joined: Sep/17/2012 Location: Brandon, MS Status: Offline Points: 2801 |
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Never been much of a Holly guy. My 500 edelbrock works great on my 232. Going to use the same on my new 258. Having AMC Fun, Ollie |
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1966 American Convertible -- "The Rambler"..SOLD
1974 Postal Jeep -- "Rapid Delivery"...SOLD 1969 Rambler 220 post car--"Road Warrior" 1989 Jeep Comanche Pioneer, 4.0L, auto, 2wd |
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5spdwagon
AMC Addicted Joined: Jun/29/2012 Location: Guy ton ga Status: Offline Points: 522 |
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I think you have more hp than I do so your 500 would work on yours I don’t know if I can tune it back that much. Do you remember what rods and jets you had in your carb? I am gonna try a 500 and see if I can get it to do any better. |
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Ollie
AMC Addicted Joined: Sep/17/2012 Location: Brandon, MS Status: Offline Points: 2801 |
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In the Edelbrock book I am 2 stages lean, left bottom quadrant. Believe I use the strongest springs.
Nothing fancy about my 232, think I am bored .030 and using a 256 Isky cam. Having AMC Fun, Ollie |
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1966 American Convertible -- "The Rambler"..SOLD
1974 Postal Jeep -- "Rapid Delivery"...SOLD 1969 Rambler 220 post car--"Road Warrior" 1989 Jeep Comanche Pioneer, 4.0L, auto, 2wd |
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232jav3sp
AMC Addicted Joined: Jan/09/2013 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 2451 |
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I forget what jets I used in my Carter 500 (I want to say that I whad to go richer then Ollie) but i did end up using the stiffest step up springs. I put the smallest Lunati cam in it (208/213 @ .050), a Clifford DP, Eagle exhaust manifold and a 2.5" exhaust.
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rms827
AMC Nut Joined: Apr/18/2018 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 378 |
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LOL, Ollie's post was a bit funny to me. My experience with Holly and Autolite carbs has been fairly good in the past.
Now Edelbrock carbs always ran filthy rich for me. Really nice looking wagon though. |
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1964 AMC Rambler Classic 660
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5spdwagon
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Well mine is dead stock. If I could get the dead spot off idle I would be fine with the holley.
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rms827
AMC Nut Joined: Apr/18/2018 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 378 |
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Man, it's been so long since I've been able to work on classics... Fun time trying to force all that buried knowledge back to the surface, LOL.
From what I recall, the two common causes there are either the idle screws or the power valve. Start by trying to back the idle jet screws out 1/4 turn. If that doesn't work, check the power valve linkage. It should rest just lightly touching the power valve without pushing it in. Use a .015 feeler gauge between the valve and the linkage, and it should move the valve without bottoming it out (so to speak). Hope that helps. It's going from VERY old memory and more with the autolites that were nearly identical to 2bb Holly carbs. |
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5spdwagon
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The power valve is adjusted correctly. The idle screws don’t help the issue.
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rms827
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Had to take a break and brainstorm this for a while... I still pretty much got nothing.
The obvious stuff I'm sure you've checked; fuel pressure and vacuum. Likewise, it sounds like you know your stuff so I'd say the probability of a small piece of poo in the idle circuit somewhere is unlikely. About the only other thing I can think of is see if a slightly stronger accelerator pump is available for your carb model. |
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1964 AMC Rambler Classic 660
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