Jrgunn5150
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How much RTV is needed...
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spanky55amg
I'll give u $5, a hardy handshake, & 5 fish sticks
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Thats the plan. I just need a carb to run fine till that time. haha.
Jrgunn5150
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Once you get it tuned, it'll be fine for years lol. I tell everyone frustrated with carbs, just think, your grandma didn't fiddle with all that ********, she hoped in her Buick, kicked the gas twice, and drove wherever she was going, 365 days a year lol.
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It will be fine once the qjet rebuilder fixes their mistakes.
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I threw away a Holley once that was on an '81 T/A with a Pontiac 406 in it.
I hated that piece of ****, -the carb- it was never anything but trouble for me and was on the car when I bought it. The T/A was hot.
I don't remember what carb it was, exactly, but it tried catching fire again cruisin down Route 66 one night and died at the light. I was pretty young..
You could tell..it was fiddin to burst into flames...again.
it LIKED catching fire!Well, I lost that $20 race and pushed my Trans Am into the 7-11 where I proceeded to take it off and promptly throw it in the trash can. We were gonna win too...
I did someone a favor, trust me. Nobody needs a carb THAT BAD.
I got a ride home and swapped in the old standby 1406. We didn't do much racin after that....
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P.S. Pontiac 400s are junk. REALLY hard to keep cool!
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Well, I can totally see why someone would get a 4160 or 4170. If every thing is adjustable, and it has a choke on it, I can see it being very streetable. And yes, they are super simple carbs. As long as you understand basic carb theory, tuning one isnt too bad. They are just a different breed, and I never cared to learn anything about them. And now that I do know some things about them, they arent all that bad.
Im still tinkering a little bit with it. Ive adjusted the mixture screws and getting less lean backfires. It still is a little hesitant, and without a choke it runs like **** when its cold. But it will do me till my carb comes back. Then as suggested, its getting sold the F off to someone else that wants this carb. At least now I feel like I can help someone that has some Holley trouble later on.
Im still tinkering a little bit with it. Ive adjusted the mixture screws and getting less lean backfires. It still is a little hesitant, and without a choke it runs like **** when its cold. But it will do me till my carb comes back. Then as suggested, its getting sold the F off to someone else that wants this carb. At least now I feel like I can help someone that has some Holley trouble later on.
