7milesout
If you are having these issues with the 1405 carb why keep messing with it if you have a brand new AVS-2 sitting on your shelf ? Make the change and you won't regret it unless you like driving yourself crazy
You and GoMango are correct. I do have it on the shelf. But I'm friggin OCD. I get my mind made up about something, and I just can't change my mind. I guess that's OCD, or stubborn … or stupid. Maybe a combo of all 3! :D
I made up my mind that this Scamp is going to run a 13.99 E.T. on it's current set-up (with lots of tuning) before I bother putting the AVS-2 on there. I have 2 hurdles in hitting the 13.99 second target at the moment.
El Scampo is vapor locking. I have put thermoshield tape on the fuel lines near the headers. It helped a little. I raised the float height from the Edelbrock spec (7/16ths?) to 5/16ths. That's the gap of the float to the rubber gasket on the upper housing (in the manual). I haven't had a chance to try that yet because...
The ammeter pegs out from time to time.
Guys - I know you guys are busy as beavers too. But I still have a full time job, 3 sons, 2 parents with cancer, and a wife that as mean as a rattlesnake. I'm having a difficult time finding time for El Scampo. Plus I'm a bit miffed at El Scampo for all the vapor locking. The one time (last fall) I had a full pull all the way down the track, I accidently short shifted a bit into 2nd gear. And ran a 14.179. If I hadn't short shifted I might have hit my 13.99 goal. I'm resisting adding an electric pusher pump (near the tank / rear axle) to push cool fuel on past the hot spot(s). That's next though if the deeper puddle of fuel doesn't work.
I've got to sort out the electrical problems (I have a couple ideas) before I drive it again, as I don't want to burn it up.
