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Nospowered400
03-25-2004, 02:04 PM
Ok...guy i work with just put in his 440 big bore, edelbrock quicksilver carb.. He has the stock cam, K&N, no lid on the air box. He said that it runs fine until you get to about 3/4 throttle....after that (WOT) it feels like it is running rich. He said it is falling on its face. He said he is using the 19 E jet and the idle is set at 17 clicks up from the bottom. I have no clue what i just said but that is what he told me. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Nospowered400
03-25-2004, 03:23 PM
ttt
Nospowered400
03-25-2004, 08:15 PM
bump
Nospowered400
03-26-2004, 01:09 PM
bump
Quadzilla
03-26-2004, 02:22 PM
NOS,

Part of the reason may be that he is running stock cams on that big bore motor. Before putting a cam in, I would at least do a WOT plug check (go thru a couple gear at wide open throttle and then shut it off right away and pull the plug and look for an almond color. White = lean and black = rich.

Now my question for you is why is your Clarke gas tank dead? I was just about to buy one of these. Do they have issues? Are they known to leak? Thanks!
maxoutput
03-26-2004, 06:10 PM
try using a #17 with 12-13 turns out ...worked for me!
Nospowered400
03-26-2004, 06:26 PM
Originally posted by maxoutput
try using a #17 with 12-13 turns out ...worked for me!
Thanks for the input. :D