I really appreciate the straight up approach to this video. We don't have to hear about the weather, or last weeks trip to Nannas and we don't have to hear a story about UPS. Straight to the point. No Bullshit.
@einstein3509 Жыл бұрын
Did you put lighter springs in, on the needles. If they are the stock carb spring they may be to strong for the vacuum you have. That will make it run rich. I say this because of my experience with my Edelbrock. My vacuum is around 14 and when I slid the needle caps to the side while the engine was running they were bouncing up and down. Made my engine sound like I had a bigger cam. There wasn’t enough vacuum to over come those springs. So I bought the spring kit from Edelbrock and kept installing lighter spring until the needles stayed down at idle. Then it ran leaner and smoother. The trick it to install the strongest spring that your vacuum can hold down. So the second your engine starts to loose vacuum from pushing on the throttle those needles will spring up letting gas in.
@JeLifeCoach9 ай бұрын
This is spot on. I was about to type this exact thing.
@JeLifeCoach9 ай бұрын
Secondary recommendation would to go to a thicker metering rod next. If that doesn’t work, go stage 1 lean in cruise mode w a jet change on the primaries. The secondaries on these seemed to be tuned spot on most of the time. Simply adjust the flap for secondaries for more spring tension and on hard WOT shouldnt be any bog.
@tyrantwitness24827 ай бұрын
Power tune timing first! Advance until it pinks up hill in high gear and back off one nudge so it stops pinking. Then start on the carb.
@DFWAI9 сағат бұрын
ALWAYS remove the carburetor before disassembling it. Drop one small part down your intake and you will learn the hard way.
@dirtmcgirt0420 Жыл бұрын
Edelbrock recommends 6psi to maybe 6.5 so you're right on.
@josecuevas86027 ай бұрын
The fuel level affects the entire fuel curve, high fuel level enrich the fuel curve, low fuel level dose the opposite, leans the fuel curve.
@tomnoller2427 Жыл бұрын
That was very helpful! Thanks so much!
@MoonBuiltGarage Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@lordpazuzu5 күн бұрын
Man. I watched the whole vid waiting to see where I connect the vacuum gauge.
@MoonBuiltGarage5 күн бұрын
1:04 in you can see the vacuum hose connected to the port on the carb....and again at 8:55...and again at 12:41...
@rustynutz71582 жыл бұрын
Which port did you connect the vacuum gauge to??
@MoonBuiltGarage2 жыл бұрын
Manifold Vacuum...the port on the lower right side of the carb as you're looking at it from the front...If you're still unsure of which ports are which (manifold vs ported) you can Google an image for the vacuum ports of an Edelbrock
@CharlesFockaert Жыл бұрын
vid more on setting float levels than engine tuning
@MoonBuiltGarage Жыл бұрын
That is part of carb tuning 🙄
@CharlesFockaert Жыл бұрын
@@MoonBuiltGarage your title reads: "Carburetor Tuning with a Vacuum Gauge " I just adjusted the floats in my Edelbrock 1406 and don't remember using a vacuum gauge to do so. Thanks for taking the time to upload your videos.
@MoonBuiltGarage Жыл бұрын
@@CharlesFockaert Did you watch the whole video? It isn't worth taking the time to check your carb setup with the gauge if your floats aren't adjusted right...You'll end up chasing your tail if other parts of the tune aren't set up right
@juanbasulto40217 ай бұрын
I'm in Vegas, could you help me adjust my friends nova
@MoonBuiltGarage7 ай бұрын
Possibly....might make a good video...
@njorogekiarie-PPS7 ай бұрын
Has anyone tried deleting the float and maintaing the fuel pressure to the disired level
@gearheadmoff12322 жыл бұрын
Where is your garage located...?
@MoonBuiltGarage2 жыл бұрын
Right now...about 3 feet from Hell....Also known as Las Vegas
@jts91202 жыл бұрын
@@MoonBuiltGarage I thought hell was Arizona hahaha
@dirtmcgirt0420 Жыл бұрын
@MoonBuilt Garage you guys must have never been to the depths at the bottom of hell named Atlanta Georgia 😔