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Re: Alcohol carb users ?
[Re: WILD BILL]
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03/15/16 08:44 PM
03/15/16 08:44 PM
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pittsburghracer
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"Little"John
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Lean-out valve is almost a must. Nothing fancy just a rubber line off the carb or intake and run it to a 1/2 inch ball valve mounted by the shifter. Either remove the carb before storing for the Winter (remove bowls and spray out with Seafoam) or do a quick maintenance rebuild before the next race season. When its cold on first fire-up of the day I dump a small amount of pump gas down the carb to help start up. I race almost every week from March to the middle of November so I do nothing week to week. At 135 dollars a barrel this year its one of the best things I've ever done. Make a pass, turn off the water pump and fan, open the lean-out valve to build heat while driving back to the trailer.
1970 Duster Edelbrock headed 408 5.984@112.52 422 Indy headed small block 5.982@112.56 mph 9.42@138.27
Livin and lovin life one day at a time
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Re: Alcohol carb users ?
[Re: BigFish69]
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03/15/16 09:14 PM
03/15/16 09:14 PM
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Posts: 1,632 Lubbock,TX
DavidDean
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I've used a lean out and pan heater but now I prefer a primer plus. I built my own but you can buy them killerrons.com. You can start and idle around on gas then switch over to alcohol. It saves a bunch of alky and starts easy even in cold weather on the gas.
Last edited by DavidDean; 03/15/16 09:21 PM.
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Re: Alcohol carb users ?
[Re: BigFish69]
#2031918
03/15/16 10:06 PM
03/15/16 10:06 PM
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intenseneon
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After I'm done for the day I let the engine get up to 180-190 degrees, and take off any breathers on valve covers to burn off any condensation.
69 Dart
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