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i remember , you run bigger diameter pumps... didnt know that was an option...

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Only one of them has the large pump and it isnt a option...I had to bore the well to .730 and use a pump for a 2G.

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that's what i meant..hehe... Didnt realize you could bore them out, and run bigger dia. pump...

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Not sure in the end if it will make a bit of difference Brent...too many out there running just fine in stock configuration. It was just a brainstorm I had to follow thru on hehe.

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WHen are you testing again? Im testing tomorrow eve... and if all goes well, im running on Friday...Pro/ 1/8 mile, just to get some seat time...

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Going to Buffalo Valley (1/8-mile) Friday night Brent. It's a bracket race so I'll just pick one carb and work with it that night. I have two so far that I believe will get down track without issues...going to tweak on the other two Friday morning to see if I can do anything with them. If things look promising I may haul it to Bowling Green Saturday evening for some 1/4-mile blasts.

Edit : Revision of plans...skipping the bracket race and going straight to Bowling Green Saturday night. More time to spend tuning the carbs for the upcoming Combo races the 18th & 19th.

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4:00 am Sunday morning...just got home from a TNT at Bowling Green. I learned a valuable lesson this evening...I totally suck at building Q-jets. I can take a good one and tune on it, but just can't get one of my own to go down track.

Here is the first pass with the original carb that I had leaned considerably... http://youtu.be/8XWRIGooYyI

The car left strong and ran well down track...first time in a long while it has been in the 1.40 range in 60' times. The mph was down from the normal 113...I assumed it may have been a little too lean.

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps24ef4a1e.jpg

The next three runs were with my versions of a '67, Edelbrock, and a Q-jet aptly named "Morphadite" in that order...all total failures to say the least.

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps798079b7.jpg

Stock racer Brian Rogers just happened to be at the track last night and he stopped by in staging. He looked the car over well and found nothing totally amiss. We talked a bit and he said he would come over to my pit space after my run to tinker with a carb. After picking my brains for a bit we decided to try an even leaner secondary rod in the original carb that he had run years before he went to a 302 stick shift.

The car felt good from start to finish, but I felt it may have been too lean for the conditions. We made a slightly richer rod change for the final pass of the night and it responded well. I believe I will take Brian's advice about leaving the carb alone for now until I can try someone's known good running carb for comparison. This way I will know if we need to be looking elsewhere for gains or not.

In the two weeks before the upcoming two day Combo race we will do a compression/leak down test on all cylinders just to verify no motor problems. The final two timeslips and with that I'm off to bed. :p

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Re: '67 Camaro E/SA redo
 

th,is carb man Jimmy Zasko, e/sa d/sa send me that carb and I will perform the magic, or call me 616 734 4188

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Thanks - The one carb is good to go...it's just the ones I built that suck. ;)

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Making some minor changes before the Combo meet. The header collectors currently on the car may be a tad short and due to the megaphoned style made it difficult to use extensions...

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...psc7790432.jpg

I'm going to swap them out for a straight version and play with the length. Will also hook up the wide band O2 I have been meaning to try...

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...psbdde62ff.jpg

Came up with the idea of cutting one of the lowering blocks on each side of the rear housing to simulate the previously used 2 degree pinion wedges. I think the car liked the extra pinion angle and this will get the job done without having an extra piece floating around in the mix while ensuring positive pin engagement.