Thread: '66 Chevelle, big block
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08-04-2012 05:04 AM #9
Man-o-man what a job getting this thing to act right! This is a brand new aed dominator that came with the engine. When i test drove it i had a low rpm/mph surge and it wouldn't idle right. I back the idle adjustment screws out as far as possible and that helped. The idle air bleeds have no numbers and i don't have a complete drill set to figure out what they are (.070ish i'd say), i went into the idle restrictors and found them to be .031ish. I drilled them to .035 and set the carb back on the engine and connected it to the innovative LM2, the afr was still 20ish. I then drilled the restrictors to .041 and now the afr is 13ish and the idle screws are still at the end of adjustment.
I think i'll strart dropping the idle bleeds (instead of drilling the idle restrictors any more) down until i get 12ish afr with the idle screws at about 3/4 turn.
What do you guys think?
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