Racer X

Sounds like your headaches could have been spared with a simple sidedraft carb kit on it.The Nikki carb is good if you can get it to work properly.

Hereonout

yeah let me lend about a grand for repairs and upgrades buddy.

Racer X

Haven't you spent about as much as buying a used aftermarket setup?It should be close to the same cost with the other carb you bought.

Hereonout

im just going to start over, there has to be something ive missed.

Racer X

Yeah,just find a wrecked car and take some photo to make sure all the vacuum lines are going were they're supposed to.

Hereonout

still thinking it may be carb trouble. but i will check the vaccum again.....listen i was looking at the floats, and you know how its two arms that hold the float in place?...well on one of them the arm's bent to the side...maybe it is not moving freely?????

j9fd3s

thats possible, mine was like that too, i think its the way we pull the top off the carb. i bent mine straight and it didnt do much, i dont think mine has carb trouble i think mine is a vacuum leak. i'm going to block off the air control valve next



mike

Hereonout

let me know if it works.

j9fd3s

yup

drifter

I found on my other car (read: non-rotary), some hoses under and towards the back of the carby which had split and were pissing air all over the place. I cut where the split was and just slid the hose back on... problem solvered.

So what I'm getting at is that it happened after I was doing a service on my carby, when I pulled it off I must have caught the hoses and split them, causing my hose/vacuum problems. I would seriously recommend looking at anything and everything remotely looking like a piece of hose all around your carby and check all the connections. I know you guys have proabably already checked again and again, but at the moment, thats all I can think it would be.

I'll keep digging around and see what I can find out.