build thread

[tjcustomranger]

Timing and everything is all set up the choke is all the way open I will give it gas to go it will spit and take off

 

[Beach66Bum]

is it fine under full load?

 

[Beach66Bum]

maybe the power valve/ accelerator pump, I had mine fail because of a big backfire. You won't have to worry about backfire damage with the new carb though.

 

[Beach66Bum]

I am doing the exact same as you, ditching the stock cast intake and 2150 2 barrel carb set up and going with an Edelbrock intake and carb

 

[tjcustomranger]

Yeah I think the 50 pounds it will shed when I throw on an aluminum intake will do a lot for the truck too

 

[cbaker65]

Same here some day...

Use to have an old cordova car that was a dirt oval racer with a 440
in it.It had the cm 5oo 2bb racing carb on it,it was adapted to the
4bb intake.The track only allowed 2bb.

 

[Beach66Bum]

Yeah I think the 50 pounds it will shed when I throw on an aluminum intake will do a lot for the truck too

maybe another mile per gallon also

 

[tjcustomranger]

That would be awesome. I think it probably gets about 8 now. And 5 city

 

[Beach66Bum]

ouch! I'm spending $100 a week, trying to reduce my driving. I get 10-11mpg idling while coasting downhill, lol!

 

[tjcustomranger]

Speaking of downhill. I was going down one yesterday with the pedal to the floor had to of been doing 75. That was pretty scary in that big truck especially with bad alignment haha

 

[Beach66Bum]

hahaha! awesome! and ya, gets hairy in these old trucks, they weren't designed to go that fast

 

[Beach66Bum]

what was your tach reading? over 3000 rpm's!

 

[tjcustomranger]

I don't have a tach but if I had to guess probably between 2500-3000..
It had more in it just didn't have the road or acceleration

 

[tjcustomranger]

My dads will do about 110 on the highway on a flat that thing shakes and wobbles like its going to burst into a thousand pieces at 90. He has a 72 highboy with a 69 camper special body. Powered by a 390/4speed

 

[tjcustomranger]

For a headliner I'm doing American flag I bought a cheap one but my mom said she might have one from a war that her father got to keep after he fought

 

[tjcustomranger]

 

[fatherdoug]

Very nice! Looks like you got the one with adjustable float levels?

 

[tjcustomranger]

Non adjustable, they come in silver and adjustable comes in like a full brass color. Did the 76 come with an electric choke option?

 

[Austin]

I approve.

 

[fatherdoug]

Non adjustable, they come in silver and adjustable comes in like a full brass color. Did the 76 come with an electric choke option?

What are the adjustment screws for on the top of the float bowls? The choke would have been either electric or heated by the piping that went into the intake manifold, and then up to the choke?