Xtremejr
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Hold my beer and watch this shit.
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Post by Xtremejr on Sept 3, 2014 10:32:12 GMT -5
Guys its not a carb issue, yesterday I pulled the motor out and the lifters are ground and the cam is trashed. I will get some pics asap. Pistons and cal walls look good though, still need to check bottom end.
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Post by mongoose on Sept 3, 2014 11:05:50 GMT -5
Ouch. Been there, done that.... unfortunately.
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Post by 64b09 on Sept 13, 2014 4:47:42 GMT -5
That sucks!
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Post by island65cruiser on May 4, 2018 8:48:38 GMT -5
This may not help your immediate problem, but when I recently got my car, the original 4GC carb was really working poorly. I ran a double dose of carb cleaner in a tank of non-ethanol boat gas, and by the end of the tank, the carb was clean. I run only "recreational" non-ethanol gas in it now, runs like a new car. In my area, the fuel is available at all "WAWA" gas stations, same price as premium.
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Post by john442 on May 4, 2018 18:02:44 GMT -5
If you car is missing, what do your plugs look like? That may help you zero in on your problem. Could it be one plug, or several plugs fouling or a bad wire or cap? On a Chevelle I had it turned out the fouling was due to a non stock big named fuel pump pushing too much fuel. I replaced it with a stock pump and the fouling stopped.
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Post by joepadavano on May 5, 2018 8:04:38 GMT -5
You all do realize that you've resurrected a thread from four years ago, right? HOPEFULLY the problem has been fixed by now.
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Post by john442 on May 5, 2018 18:08:51 GMT -5
Ouch! I didn't realize this new post was really an old post and even so did not see the description of what was found after removing the motor.
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Post by island65cruiser on May 17, 2020 7:35:51 GMT -5
Just saw your post. I recently changed to a Street Dominator, from Holley. By their computations, a 625 was the biggest I could use on the stock motor. I bought a refurbished carb from them on-line, it was under $300.00. I gave them the engine specs, and the rep said it would come out of the box set up and ready to run. It did, I just put a spacer under it to clear the linkage, set the idle, and it runs great. I agree with the others who have said to check the timing. I would take a few minutes, check compression, manually set timing from TDC with the plugs out, and check electrical again. Engine sitting for a long time, spitting through the carb can be a hung calve, too. Compression check will find that. BRO is spot on, ethanol destroys old fuel systems. I run non-ethanol 90 octane in the car, same price as premium, no problems.
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Post by island65cruiser on May 19, 2020 20:31:16 GMT -5
Correct my error, it was a Street Demon carb, not a Dominator, sorry. Also, I meant a hung valve, not "calve". Duh!
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