hey everyone i just decided to keep the blue thing i got and just make it unholy as far as power goes,but still driveable on thursday-sun , so im gonna need a lot of help and advice from everyone. the first thing i have got to do is fix my 5mpg carb problem. POS was a birt track car engine and they bored the jets, and i think they did something else wrong. I found that loud clicking noise, and it would be right by the intake. its a lot easier to show than it is to explain, so hopefully ill be able to show someone on wed what my problem is (well one of the problems). Hopefully knology will get their *** out to my house and fix my internet like they we're supposed to 2days ago, but who knows.

 

Asa,

Easier to put in new jets than bore ones. If you think it is the jets giving you such terrible MPG, just find what yo uahve and go up two steps and see if it changes. Folks tend to jump straight to the carb when MPG is bad without troubleshooting. First thing I would suspect (if it smells rich) is the power valve.

 

I went and checked and their are now multiple problems with my carb issue. The exhaust pipe tips are black and i've been told that means it runs rich, and it smells rich, and the electric choke isnt hooked up. There is still that annoying clicking exhaust sounding noise, i've found a small hole by the intake and headers, but i was wondering if it could be it needs a valve job?

 

IF its not in need of a valve job how do you tune a carb?

 

What kind of carb do you have....

 

Exhaust leaks sound like metallic ticks/taps.

A ticking would not mean a valve job. It can be lots of things. In the valvetrain, you could have a weak lifter, the lash is too loose, or a component has too much wear.

My tap at >2200 RPM was a rod bearing.

 

I was just wondering about the carb tune, my carb will be going very very far away soon...not any sense in trying to tune the carb that has bored jets.

I guess the best way to find out what my problem is is to let one of the Stang Guru Gods have a listen at it tonight.

 

when my jets get bored i take them out and tell them exciting stories of when i street raced 30 years ago in lickskillet or vanntown tenn .. always set them straight .. or as was suggested some of us ace mechanics could give it a look tonite ..

 

Hoss, I used to date Howard Wayne Bentley's daughter when she lived in Vanntown - very foggy backroads coming home late at night back to Huntsville.

 

another problem im having is getting the power to the wheels, might not be a smart idea to get it there but, it wont even when i floor it, it just sounds mean....kinda

 

we were all supermen back then .. nuthin scared us.. knew we`d live forever .. i`m sure we crossed paths now and then .howard wayne is a friend .. a good man .. played a lot of basket ball with him when i wore a younger man shoes.. sorry for running two subjects ..we had a good long thread on car stories on another site once but i dont want to tell them anymore

 

Well, now im being forced to sell by my wife, she's cool as hell and loves the car as much as i do, but she helped me decide that i just needed 1 car not 2. So if anyone knows someone looking for a nice almost complete play thing mines back up. I need it gone pretty quick according to her, and the price is gonna go for 10k obo.

Good news is ......SHE TOLD ME TO GET A COBRA!!! after this one sells.

 

You obviously haven't trained her right yet... I have 6 cars and MY wife is now encouraging me to go buy the Pantera that I've always wanted !

 

well its the whole i just bought a house, and my 67 is my daily driver that needs constant work, but the house does to so now im stuck.