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Carb Dilemma

TexasNomad

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SuperSnake said:
Yeah a 450 might work well for a car. I don't know how it would do for a truck.
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Hmm very true.
I would say you would be safe with a 500. The first carb I got for my truck was a 650 and I have allot of issue with it running rich..
then I got a 600 Holley and still have to jet it waaay down to get it to tune right.
 
brentleedragon

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I have heard people's ranges of 450-600 for a stock 302. I'd love all the power of a 302, but I'd like to get some Fuel Mileage. Right now I am at 12/13 when the truck was running absolutely perfect I was getting 15/17. But I can just tell it's starting to deteriorate. Vacuum leak as well somewhere, SOB doesn't want to be found. But I still would like to put a carb on it for the hell of it lol
 
TexasNomad

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Some of the worst vac leaks are around the Manifold to head gaskets.. there can be a vac on the valley side and it will drive you up the wall..
If your going to change just the carb I would still say take the extra time and change out all the manifold gaskets.
 
brentleedragon

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TexasNomad said:
Some of the worst vac leaks are around the Manifold to head gaskets.. there can be a vac on the valley side and it will drive you up the wall..
If your going to change just the carb I would still say take the extra time and change out all the manifold gaskets.
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Yeah I def. Agree with you there. The one thing is my company is starting to take off and if it does, I am going to be doing a complete restore of the truck, which includes rebuilding the engine. So I am hesitant on doing much right now. Looking more for ideas, to entertain so I can figure what I wanna do.
 
Ridgerunner

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brentleedragon said:
Yeah I def. Agree with you there. The one thing is my company is starting to take off and if it does, I am going to be doing a complete restore of the truck, which includes rebuilding the engine. So I am hesitant on doing much right now. Looking more for ideas, to entertain so I can figure what I wanna do.
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Get a can of ether and spray around your intake to see if there is a reaction to it.
 
brentleedragon

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TexasNomad said:
You said your Company is starting to take off?
Is that one you work for or own?
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Own, it's an investing company. Soley with my own money haha that I have been saving up. Selling items on Ebay/importing. As well as the penny stock market, which now I am out of play mode with it, and getting into serious mode. And things are going well right now lol
 
TexasNomad

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brentleedragon said:
Own, it's an investing company. Soley with my own money haha that I have been saving up. Selling items on Ebay/importing. As well as the penny stock market, which now I am out of play mode with it, and getting into serious mode. And things are going well right now lol
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Awesome!
i've all ways thought about selling things on ebay but then I fall back to sleep :)
 

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