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Frustrated by my carb issues

Posted By 58meteorranchero 4 Years Ago
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A bit of a long winded post. Guys I am having issues with my 4bbl carburetor that I installed last winter. I have a 272 that is 30 thou over and the late ford replacement heads so compression is on the lower end along with a stock cam. I put a 57 B type intake on the engine this last spring and have fought with it ever since. 
So the carburetor is a 390 cfm 4160 that was 2nd hand and I rebuilt it. The rebuild included new throttle shaft bushings to make sure it was good and tight.
I have put on the quick change vacuum housing and have tried every spring tension. I have changed the vacuum housing from the 390 cfm without the check ball to one from a 600 cfm carb with the check ball to see if it helps and tried all springs. I have tried all pump cams and even put on a 50cc housing and tried all the cams including the brown and yellow ones. I have tried squirters all the way from stock which is 24 I believe up to 40.
I have made sure the arm is set so it squirts as soon as you get movement as there is not any slack. I have verified the float levels and have even tried raising and lowering them above recommended settings. I checked vacuum advance and distributor advance and timing is at 10 degrees initial. Vacuum at idle is 19" at 3000' in park and 15-16 in gear, it is a FOM, idle speed is 650 out of gear and 500 in gear. During my trials I discovered my fuel pump was weak so I changed it and it starts perfectly now, but I still have an issue.
The issue is that when I do anything other than a creeping acceleration I get a bog that can stall the motor AFM shows lean and it always lets me know when the secondary's kick in when cruising and give it more gas. If I step on it it seems to go fine. Is there any ideas you guys have? I am wondering if the carburetor is too small and the secondary's are coming in too quick? I am at my wits end and want to figure this out over the winter.

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Forum Post Frustrated by my carb issues By 58meteorranchero ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post First, take the carburetor back to Holley's baseline specs for that... By charliemccraney ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post I had a very similar situation with a 4160 in the 70’s. Started and... By miker ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post What distributor - didn't see it mentioned ? By paul2748 ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post All the jets pumps/ cams/ squirter was at the holley spec when... By 58meteorranchero ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post Valve lash is in spec and I tried opening it up to see if I had a... By 58meteorranchero ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post You bet I have gone from base line to settings to all the above... By 58meteorranchero ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post Have you tried raising the float level? Also keep in mind that the... By Ted ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post Float levels have been also take from stock setting to way high to... By 58meteorranchero ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post Yes it is a point distributor and I have checked grounds. I also used... By 58meteorranchero ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post The carburetor isn't "too small" you can rule that out, at least for... By Tedster ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post You may have a problem in the metering block (emulsion tubes), it's... By Cliff ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post You have 21/4" pipes on it. Do you still have the flapper valve on one... By Hoosier Hurricane ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post Now that is a thought. I have the truck intake gaskets with the... By 58meteorranchero ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post Have you tried increasing the primary jet sizes? You don’t mention... By Ted ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post I run 91 octane premium in all my classics. This is the only gas up... By 58meteorranchero ( 4 Years Ago )
Forum Post If you suspect that the carb is too cold and it has a spacer, try a... By charliemccraney ( 4 Years Ago )


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