Re: Results of tuning

[Bob Fortson <bobt1885@xxxxxxxxx>]

Please keep posting your results,,,,

Bob Fortson
--- Richard Kinsley <r.kinsley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 
> 
> This morning I fired up the poly after staying up
> till 1am to rejet/rod the Eddy's. I had replaced the
> main jets down from .086 to .083. Then I downsized
> the secondary jets from .095 to .089. I put in the
> #1460 rod per reccomendations. I have maxed out the
> accelerator pump travel and still retained the
> Orange springs in the metering rod. The floats were
> quite a bit off and I reset them to specs. I also
> reset the fuel pressure regulator to 5.5psi as I'm
> sure the 11psi for a brief while was the culprit
> that tweaked the floats. 
> 
> After I got it started, I rechecked and set the
> timing. Then I took it for a spin. It ran noticeably
> better for normal cruising with more pick-up at low
> speeds. But when I ran it up towards 6000rpm it
> balked badly , started missing and generally
> complained. So I think I'm on the right track on the
> Cruise circuit but need to richen the secondary
> circuit. I did have some surging when going in the
> 55-70mph range too. I'm looking at the metering rod
> springs too. The carb kit from Edelbrock has more
> parts for increasing both cruise and power so I'll
> have to order some extra jets and rods to get into
> the area of the chart I'm needing to head toward.
> Like Earl said the chart is easy to read and theses
> carbs are a snap to work on.
> 
> Wish me luck.
> 
>   Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4 door 318poly
> w/goodies
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> 
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