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I did not know it was a 3.5! I've worked on a couple and I could not get them to run leaner than about 8% from the base setup on cruise. 86 67-55 rod is what the setting that they ended up with. Hi pete As I said its not perfect mate, I did try the 7.9% leaner rods, but it was still hunting and onc...

Hi Sidecar Mate i cant thank you enough, your a bloody legend, cars running sweet and you've made an old man very happy. All the best Ralph No problem Ralph, just for my records what spec is your engine, i.e. capacity and what inlet manifold are you using? (I don't know anything about TVR engines!)...

Hi Sidecar
Mate i cant thank you enough, your a bloody legend, cars running sweet and you've made an old man very happy.

All the best

Ralph

Check this out, you bung in your current setup then state whether you want to go richer or leaner on the cruise and power step then it will give you all the jet and rod combinations that you could use. I guess when it states for example 104% it means 4% richer. http://www.302w.com/Edelbrock-Carbure...

Here's another.... 86 68-52 rod.....12.5% leaner on cruise, 0% leaner on acceleration Hi Sidecar Your a legend mate and i cant thank you enough, rods have been ordered and this old man has finally got his head around this issue, but between me and the misses, for the life of us, we could not work o...

I've done a shed load of work on these carbs, they generally run rich on most Rover lumps! Here is a link to some gumph that I wrote ages ago. I have changed a few of my ideas now, I do think that the carb setup differs between engine sizes. (I state otherwise in the link) Really the best way to se...

I've done a shed load of work on these carbs, they generally run rich on most Rover lumps! Here is a link to some gumph that I wrote ages ago. I have changed a few of my ideas now, I do think that the carb setup differs between engine sizes. (I state otherwise in the link) Really the best way to se...

Sorry another question, what controls the curse setting on the carb please? Regards Ralph If you read the link that I posted up it explains how these carbs work. :wink: The pistons, and the springs that sit under the pistons control the cruise setting along with the thick part of the rods and the p...

Evening Guys well the bloody car is still hunting between 1 & 2k rev :cry: Its a little better but not right and mostly happens when I am pulling away from traffic lights or on light throttle, would this be caused by a lack of fuel or overfueling please guys as this is now driving me insane, any...

No need to cut bits off - just remove the dizzy and move the drive round by a tooth. So you need a 'mechanic' who knows the basics. Hi Dave Not quite mate, its a new dizzy and the ignition module is 180degs opersite the vac, so causes an issue mate, its all sorted now and could do with some weight ...

Evening Guys Well had my mechinc over this morning to set the timing and the issue was with the dizzy amp hitting the PAS bracket and not giving enough advance, so hacksaw out and bracket adjusted, TDC set with a plug stop, then 14degs static dailed in with upto 36 degs at 2.5k-3k and engine running...

Hi Raffa The kit makes 6.5psi which if you do the maths means 550bhp allowing for some losses. Hi Rossco Well that should make a diffence mate 8) , i have seen one completed and it did sound pretty mental, good luck with the install, did you get it from Evolve or is it an ESS job and a rear ehaust ...

Hi Mate Great car, just sold mine a year ago and still miss it, had mine RR at surrey RR and as you say that can be a little difficult to get the correct figure, but a good engine should be round 390-400bhp, in regards to forums i used the m5board just for info as they know there stuff, good luck wi...

minorv8 wrote:Transfer slot explained here:

http://www.chevyhiperformance.com/howto/45638/

Thanks Mike
That's very helpful


Regards

Hi If you cannot get the idle down and the throttle plate is fully closed it would suggest to me you have a big air leak somewhere in the body of the carb, probably one or both of the throttle shafts, a crack in the casting a dammaged throttle blade, it can't run at 1500-2000 revs without air going...