Hey y'all,
I apologize if this has been covered ad-nauseam, but I'm in desperate need of some advice.
I've got a stock 65 mustang, 200 3-speed, that I finished about 6 months ago with the original load-o-matic & 1100 scv setup. The carb has been rebuilt twice (once professionally), but it's still not quite right. It floods a lot, choke is tired, and I'm not confident the dizzy is 100% (I did replace the diaphragm). Right now it's out of commission with a flooding problem. The float and needle/seat check out fine, but we can't figure out why it's dumping so much fuel. Standard new mechanical fuel pump.
So... 3 questions:
1) Does anyone have any advice on why it may be flooding/running so rich? All adjustments appear to be spot-on, we just can't figure it out. I'm not a carb expert by any means, but even my trusted mechanic is banging his head.
2) I toyed with the idea of ditching the load-o-matic set up during my rebuild, but I was really wanting to stick to a stock engine/appearance. I took a gamble on the original 50 year old dizzy/carb, but it may be time to count my losses and move on. I've read over a lot of the classic inline's tech articles, but I'm still not sure what would be a good Carb swap. Does anyone have any advice? I'm dead-set against any modification to the head. Not only can I not afford it, but it's a point of no return for any future "full restoration" I may want to do 20 years from now.
I'd really like to keep it as simple as possible. Is there a setup that will allow me to keep my existing air cleaner, automatic choke, and only minor modification to the throttle linkage? I saw the 1v carb on classicinlines, and really like the "plug-n-play" aspect, but I'm a little turned off by the manual choke. I'm worried about air cleaner spacing/hood clearance on the weber 32/36 and would need some hand-holding for the "custom" linkage.
3) Given a new carb, I'll need a new distributor, too. What would be a good distributor/carburetor matchup, or does it matter as long as it's getting the correct vacuum source?
Can anyone share their stories of similar conversions or advice?
Thanks,
Jason
I apologize if this has been covered ad-nauseam, but I'm in desperate need of some advice.
I've got a stock 65 mustang, 200 3-speed, that I finished about 6 months ago with the original load-o-matic & 1100 scv setup. The carb has been rebuilt twice (once professionally), but it's still not quite right. It floods a lot, choke is tired, and I'm not confident the dizzy is 100% (I did replace the diaphragm). Right now it's out of commission with a flooding problem. The float and needle/seat check out fine, but we can't figure out why it's dumping so much fuel. Standard new mechanical fuel pump.
So... 3 questions:
1) Does anyone have any advice on why it may be flooding/running so rich? All adjustments appear to be spot-on, we just can't figure it out. I'm not a carb expert by any means, but even my trusted mechanic is banging his head.
2) I toyed with the idea of ditching the load-o-matic set up during my rebuild, but I was really wanting to stick to a stock engine/appearance. I took a gamble on the original 50 year old dizzy/carb, but it may be time to count my losses and move on. I've read over a lot of the classic inline's tech articles, but I'm still not sure what would be a good Carb swap. Does anyone have any advice? I'm dead-set against any modification to the head. Not only can I not afford it, but it's a point of no return for any future "full restoration" I may want to do 20 years from now.
I'd really like to keep it as simple as possible. Is there a setup that will allow me to keep my existing air cleaner, automatic choke, and only minor modification to the throttle linkage? I saw the 1v carb on classicinlines, and really like the "plug-n-play" aspect, but I'm a little turned off by the manual choke. I'm worried about air cleaner spacing/hood clearance on the weber 32/36 and would need some hand-holding for the "custom" linkage.
3) Given a new carb, I'll need a new distributor, too. What would be a good distributor/carburetor matchup, or does it matter as long as it's getting the correct vacuum source?
Can anyone share their stories of similar conversions or advice?
Thanks,
Jason