HankRearden
Well-Known Member
I bought a basket case dart with what I assume a stock junkyard ( LKQ markings on it)5.9 a few years back.
Fast forward through the gorey details but I'm finally trying to make it run.
It came with an Assault racing knock off of an edelbrock air gap intake.
I horse traded some other stuff for a few month old holley carb. The air horn is marked 80457-8.
I'm running an electric pump and an automotive regulator set to six psi.
I had the car running but got no squirt from the accelerator pump and the choke wont close. I had to hold the throttle about half way open to keep it running badly and in s few minutes the plugs were all gasoline fouled and I had gasoline running out of the right header.
My suspicion is the carb has issues but the bigger problem may be the fuel pressure was too high for the needle and seat flooding the engine.
I'm not a carb guy. I hate them because I don't understand them. I find carbs almost as frustrating as my wife.
I'm considering a rebuild with spring loaded needle and seat.
I'm considering trying a 750 edelbrock I have on it but I'm unsure if it needs an adapter to work right on this intake.
I'm looking at refurb carbs on holleys website.
The thing is stock now with just headers but it will get a cam and ported heads later so I'm looking at the 750's.
Anyone want to share their two cents maybe point me in any direction.
Hell I always had good luck with thermoquads. Maybe go that way.
Also I ran a compression test on the gasoline soaked cylinders. All were around 90 except #8 which was still blowing fuel out. It was 75.
Fast forward through the gorey details but I'm finally trying to make it run.
It came with an Assault racing knock off of an edelbrock air gap intake.
I horse traded some other stuff for a few month old holley carb. The air horn is marked 80457-8.
I'm running an electric pump and an automotive regulator set to six psi.
I had the car running but got no squirt from the accelerator pump and the choke wont close. I had to hold the throttle about half way open to keep it running badly and in s few minutes the plugs were all gasoline fouled and I had gasoline running out of the right header.
My suspicion is the carb has issues but the bigger problem may be the fuel pressure was too high for the needle and seat flooding the engine.
I'm not a carb guy. I hate them because I don't understand them. I find carbs almost as frustrating as my wife.
I'm considering a rebuild with spring loaded needle and seat.
I'm considering trying a 750 edelbrock I have on it but I'm unsure if it needs an adapter to work right on this intake.
I'm looking at refurb carbs on holleys website.
The thing is stock now with just headers but it will get a cam and ported heads later so I'm looking at the 750's.
Anyone want to share their two cents maybe point me in any direction.
Hell I always had good luck with thermoquads. Maybe go that way.
Also I ran a compression test on the gasoline soaked cylinders. All were around 90 except #8 which was still blowing fuel out. It was 75.
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