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Old 09-07-2005, 02:19 PM
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so, my carb hasnt been tuned yet, im uust curious if anyone knows what my deal is.



ive got the rb prepped holley 600 double pumper setup, untuned.



ok, car runs, has a good bit of power only if i either floor it off the line, or downshift and floor it.



however if i keep it in gear and floor it, it just kinda puts along, doesnt really have much power.



has anyone with this setup experienced this, is it a tuning or jetting issue?



i was told it was propperly jetted from RB before being sent out.



thiis is on a gsl-se engine with a stock port.
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Old 09-07-2005, 02:21 PM
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your accelerator cable still loose?
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Old 09-07-2005, 02:26 PM
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[quote name='Shane.Trammell' date='Sep 7 2005, 11:21 AM']your accelerator cable still loose?

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you know im ghetto, i rigged it from inside the car using somethign to space the cable after the accelerator pedal bar.



you know how i roll son!
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i still don't understand why do you ditched a perfectly fine EFI, but it is your car I suppose.
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he says the injectors were going out, but there wasnt any proof of that that i saw.
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Old 09-07-2005, 03:06 PM
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[quote name='Shane.Trammell' date='Sep 7 2005, 12:00 PM']he says the injectors were going out, but there wasnt any proof of that that i saw.

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oh well, its not having hard start problems, no more idle problems.....



so yeah, i will leave it at failing injectors lol....



simply put i cant feel right not having an exuse to spend that much money on car parts.
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Old 09-07-2005, 07:35 PM
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would it not have been cheaper AND easier to send the injectors out to be cleaned and tested? or just buy new injectors?



it just makes no sense to me. now i can understand if you were using a blow thru turbo carb kit later on. which you are, right?
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[quote name='rowtareh' date='Sep 7 2005, 04:35 PM']would it not have been cheaper AND easier to send the injectors out to be cleaned and tested? or just buy new injectors?



it just makes no sense to me. now i can understand if you were using a blow thru turbo carb kit later on. which you are, right?

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well i refuse to say im goign to boost it one day, but well, im going to boost it one day, after i get a beater of course and get myself out of the debt im currently in
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cool, i saw some blow thru carb turbo's on vw bugs, sandrails, etc. and they looked pretty cool!
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600cfm mech secondaries is too big for a 13b.
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