RE: Holley Carb Help

["Westerlund, Ken" <kwesterlund@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Hi Gary,
I hope you are on to something. 
I replaced the stock non-adjustable end hung float bowls (with brass
floats) with end hung float bowls that had adjustable float level (with
plastic floats.  ...and yes, it has the equalization tube.  I had to
drill a very small hole through the vent tube since the new float bowls
weren't vented like the 1972 bowls were.  The fuel is now just gushing
out of the vent tube as soon as the engine starts.  

Maybe I should go back to the stock brass floats?  If I recall correctly
they may be slimmer and longer (more leverage to push the needle shut).


Regards,
Ken       

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary B. [mailto:wedge65@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 12:39 PM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Holley Carb Help

Hi Ken, I don't think your problem is the fuel pressure. Did you replace
the
float bowls with end hung floats or center hung floats. Sometime the
float
will drag on the rear metering plate (especially with center hung
floats)and
hold open the needle and seat. If this is happening you can sometime
just
bend the float mount a little and cure the problem. If the rear is
flooding
and the stock carburetor still has the equalization tube between the
bowls,
it can flood both ends of the carb. I build carburetors on the side and
have
ran into that a number of times. Good luck with it.
Gary Bradshaw Ft Worth, Texas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Westerlund, Ken" <kwesterlund@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 11:02 AM
Subject: RE: Holley Carb Help


Hi Rich,
You are probably right, but I don't understand why?  I have a new stock
fuel pump and rebuilt a factory carb.  The pressure wasn't too high when
the car first rolled off the line, why would it be too high now.  Do
aftermarket cams change the pressure?  I can throw a regulator on it,
but I don't want to just cover up some other problem.

Regards,
Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Kinsley [mailto:r.kinsley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 10:33 AM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Holley Carb Help

I gotta believe the pressure must be too high. I always used a pressure
regulator to keep it in line.  Rich Kinsley '64 Polara 4 door
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Westerlund, Ken" <kwesterlund@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 7:22 AM
Subject: Holley Carb Help

Good news and bad news.
The good news is that we finally got our semi-rebuilt 440 started
(without its mufflers) for the first time.  After the 318 this sounds
great.

The bad news is that it only ran for about 15 seconds before fuel
started coming out of the bowl vents and I had to shut it down.  I
replaced the needle valves again and adjusted the float level down as
far as I could and again, the same thing happened.  I am using a stock
fuel pump and a Comp cam.  Are the Comp cams ground to stroke the fuel
pump more and increase fuel pressure?  My fuel pressure gage is being
pegged at 8 PSI.

The carb is the stock 1972 Holley that came with the 440 to which I
added adjustable float bowls.

Anything special I should be looking for?

Regards,
Ken

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