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'64 with a 318

Oh balls I didn't even see the contest closed post! My bad everyone. Was I even close?

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318 in a 64 Valiant

Welcome from another new guy! I'm also in Arizona, and while my knowledge on these A bodies is limited, I'm always down to help out however I can!

I did a tune up of the idle circuit, and that seems to have resolved my issue, at least for now. Time to dig into all of the other things you all have suggested or noticed are wrong. Part of the fun of buying this car is I have no idea what the previous owner did, and whether he did it...

All of you are simultaneously showing me just how little I currently know about carburetors, and providing me with a wealth of great information. A lot of this is out of my depth at the moment, but I'm looking forward to learning all of this stuff. If a simple tune up (one of the few things I DO...

Here's the number from the carb. Again, I know next to nothing about this setup, so I'm flying blind here, even if I wasn't a carb beginner.

Thank you everyone for all the advice so far! This is my first carb car, and since I obviously bought it used (I wish I'd bought it new, I'm sure it was cheaper in 1964), I have no idea what's been done to the motor, and more importantly, what's been done incorrectly. I really appreciate...

Yes to both.

So I was told it had a Rochester 4 bbl, but upon actual inspection, it's a Carter AFB. It does squirt fuel when the throttle moves and the cars off, so I can at least rule out the accelerator pump.

Thanks everyone! I'll start checking things off the list tomorrow and I'll definitely check this out!

Supposedly it's a rebuilt Rochester Quadrajet. I just bought the car yesterday, and with life and kids haven't had a chance to research part numbers and all that jazz. I was planning on doing a quick tune up on the carb tomorrow afternoon to see if that smoothed things out before I start diving...

Good evening all. I have a 64 Valiant with a "70s 318 bored. 030 over, 273 heads" that I just bought. I put the engine specs in quotes because I haven't confirmed anything yet. My current pressing issue is that once the motor is warmed up, she likes to die from idle if you only give it a bit of...

Thanks everyone for the greetings! I'm glad I found this forum. I'm going to spend this weekend doing a quick tune-up on the car, get the carburetor happy, and then do a deep dive into what exactly I've got going on power train-wise!