OK..finally got the carb installed at 10pm....so I've only had a little time to play with it, but these are the issues I've noticed. Only way it will start is if I pour a little gas down the carb. Then it'll fire and keep running IF you hold your foot on the gas and keep the rpms above 1500. If you let it go below that, it'll stall and it won't start back up until I dump a little more gas in it. I got the idle screw to open the butterflies so it would at least idle around 1500 or so, so I could get out of the car and mess with it. Even at 1500 it ran rough. When you floored it, it seemed to run fine. No hesitation or missing. So I played with the idle mixture screw. To tell you the truth, there was almost no difference if the screw was all the way in or out..except when I got it out alot it just stalled. That's when I cleaned up and came in the house, so that's all I've done to troubleshoot until tomorrow. Any ideas on what to check?
Other issues...I've seen mixed opinions on the heat shield. I left it off, because it looked like it blocked a little of the bigger throat, and I didn't want to cut the hole bigger. Has anyone had a problem with this heat shield removed. Also, the gas inlet points straight to the valve cover, so it is almost in the way of the heater hose coming from the thermostat. Can I get a brass elbow to take the place of the straight fitting? I got the electric choke model, cuz I didn't want to mess with the additional hassle of running water lines, when I took my solex off, it already had water lines going to that choke..guess I should've looked prior to buying.
Anyway, time for dinner and bed..any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,