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Old December 28th, 2006, 02:58 PM   #1
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carb/idle help


friend of mine comes over and we try and fix a problem on his coupe Its a 351 bla bla bla he has a barry grant demon 750 dp on there the car wont hold an idle, it will sputter then stall, but if you brake and give it gas, and get the car movin it will run like a raped ape bein chased by a scalded dog.


were lost only thing i can think of is a vacuum leak around the linkage area
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Old December 28th, 2006, 08:04 PM   #2
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Sounds like a rich idle mixture. Are there holes drilled in the throttle plates? What are the specs on the cam? Did you try increasing the secondary idle?
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