mad accountant
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The last few times I've taken the Dart out, it has wanted to die when taking a 90 degree right turn, like into the gas station, my driveway, etc.. The engine will quit about 3/4 into the right turn, and then takes a few cranks before it will start up again, like the carb is empty. Any other time I try to start it up when it's warm it fires immediately. Getting sick of planning all my trips to be left turns only.
The motor was rebuilt 4 years ago, has about 1500 miles on it and has been a royal pain in my *** every summer. Motor is mainly stock, has a Comp 268H cam, Schumacker headers and and Eddy 1407 w/electric choke on top of a Performer 383 intake. Last year it took most of the summer to track down an intermittent fuel delivery problem. Took the carb apart and checked everything, all was well though I had to adjust the float height a skosh. Finally figured out it was the fuel pump pushrod. Replaced that and it ran great the rest of the summer until the day I was putting it away, when it just quit and wouldn't restart. Since it gave up the ghost in the garage, I left it for the spring.
Didn't have a chance to do much with it until a month ago, when I finally tracked down latest problem to the distributor pickup. Replaced it, but had to take it back out again because the adjustment slot wasn't long enough to properly adjust the reluctor gap. Fired right up, and runs great....as long as you don't need to take a 90 degree right.
The car runs great all day, under any condition and aceleration until you're taking a slow 90 degree right turn. I don't have the balls to try a hard right turn at 50 with the accelerator pinned, so take it for what it's worth. So the $64,000 question....what do I start looking for? I know plenty will say "get a Holley" and while that's not out of the realm of possibility, since this combo has run fine before it should be repairable without throwing hundreds of dollars at it.
The motor was rebuilt 4 years ago, has about 1500 miles on it and has been a royal pain in my *** every summer. Motor is mainly stock, has a Comp 268H cam, Schumacker headers and and Eddy 1407 w/electric choke on top of a Performer 383 intake. Last year it took most of the summer to track down an intermittent fuel delivery problem. Took the carb apart and checked everything, all was well though I had to adjust the float height a skosh. Finally figured out it was the fuel pump pushrod. Replaced that and it ran great the rest of the summer until the day I was putting it away, when it just quit and wouldn't restart. Since it gave up the ghost in the garage, I left it for the spring.
Didn't have a chance to do much with it until a month ago, when I finally tracked down latest problem to the distributor pickup. Replaced it, but had to take it back out again because the adjustment slot wasn't long enough to properly adjust the reluctor gap. Fired right up, and runs great....as long as you don't need to take a 90 degree right.
The car runs great all day, under any condition and aceleration until you're taking a slow 90 degree right turn. I don't have the balls to try a hard right turn at 50 with the accelerator pinned, so take it for what it's worth. So the $64,000 question....what do I start looking for? I know plenty will say "get a Holley" and while that's not out of the realm of possibility, since this combo has run fine before it should be repairable without throwing hundreds of dollars at it.
