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Re: Hard starting with 600 Edelcrap when hot
[Re: Supercuda]
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02/18/11 09:16 PM
02/18/11 09:16 PM
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Lincoln Nebraska
RapidRobert
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I did miss that this carb ran OK on another vehicle. Correct it is not the carb. I have an eddy 600 (1406) w a stock 318 pump & it starts OK tho mileage is terrible (maybe it's flooding some)
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Re: Hard starting with 600 Edelcrap when hot
[Re: BDW]
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02/18/11 09:31 PM
02/18/11 09:31 PM
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Quote:
Unless you go thicker than the Edlebrock gasket I doubt you'll see any difference. It's basically the same thing as a 1/4" phenolic spacer.
Back in the 90's when I bought my first new 1406, I called tech support who told me that these carbs NEED a 4 hole spacer under them to flow properly. Sure enough, I tried one and eliminated almost all issues, the rest were worked out with proper tuning. Why they simply don't say that in the owner's manual is a mystery...
The thickness of the spacer matters, too. It depends on your engine build and health. The 360 in my W150 needed 1.25". The poly 318 in my 64 Fury needed 1/2". The 440 in the Charger was 1". Just food for thought.
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Re: Hard starting with 600 Edelcrap when hot
[Re: GO_Fish]
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02/18/11 11:10 PM
02/18/11 11:10 PM
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Florida
scratchnfotraction
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Florida
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uhh!! i think that is why the stacked alum plate style heat disapater works so well over a solid spacer and 1 gasket for each side
those alum plates never touch the carb,carb stays luke warm on a blistering summer day drive
intake/gasket/plate/gasket/plate/gasket..ect carb sits on top of last gasket
and its a 4-hole spacer for a better vac signal
worked the best here in fl on mine in dog days of summer
Last edited by scratchnfotraction; 02/18/11 11:13 PM.
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Re: Hard starting with 600 Edelcrap when hot
[Re: scratchnfotraction]
#931713
02/18/11 11:16 PM
02/18/11 11:16 PM
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Maryland
GO_Fish
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If you are talking about the aluminum plates that stick out way past the gasket, yes those would in theory act as a heat sink to keep heat away from the carb. But it all depends on the underhood temps. If the temps are higher than the aluminum plates, then heat is going into the plates instead of out of them. Aluminum heat transfer works both ways, I'd rather rule it out.
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Nature of the beast. AVS, Carter and Eddy have the fuel bowl cast into the carb body. Great for preventing Holley style leaks, but also attracts more heat than the Holley. A 1/2" phenolic or wood 4 hole spacer usually does the trick. Stay away from an aluminum spacer, it attracts and transfers heat just as quickly as the carb bowl itself.