So my buddy has a 65 mustang (it has a 200 with the original 1100 autolite and DUI ignition, and t5 trans).He isnt very much into computers, hence I am posting the question. Anyways we worked on tuning it with getting the right timing and adjusting the idle not too long ago and it was running like a dream for almost 2 weeks now, until a couple of days ago. So we were cruising and came to a red light, and all of a sudden the car just died, but not comletely. It started trying to come back to life and made this horrible backfiring noise over and over as it died and started, died and started, and it didnt stop doing that until the key was taken out of the igintion. When we got the car off the road, and opened the hood, white/grey smoke started pouring out of the carburetor throat. We tried to start the car, but it would only rev up and would completely refuse to idle down, and once it stalled, it started that backfiring sound crap again. We could rev it up and keep it there at ~3000rpm with some effort, but it would not idle at all. I am thoroughly baffled by this. The timing is fine and the carburetor seems fine (he took it apart and cleaned it). Does anybody have any idea what can be causing this? Could it be caused by a clogged fuel line, or worse by the ignition?
Thanks in advance, I hope somebody knows something about this.
Thanks in advance, I hope somebody knows something about this.