[Tigers] Carb install - at least it's not leaking

[jay.laifman at gmail.com]

Vacuum choke. Good idea though. Thanks. 
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From: "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:27:23 
To: Jay Laifman<jay.laifman at gmail.com>
Reply-To: michael at michaelshortt.com
Cc: tigers at autox.team.net Den<tigers at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Carb install - at least it's not leaking

Is that an electric choke? Have you confirmed that power is going to it?

Michael


On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Jay Laifman <jay.laifman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Got it all back together and went for a drive.
>
> Like I said, the good news is that it is not leaking gas anymore.
>
> The bad news is that it doesn't want to run below 2,000 rpm.  As it warmed
> up,
> it seemed like the rpm range needed to be even higher.  I basically had to
> keep the rpm above 2,000 or 2,500 at all times or it stalled.
>
> Any thoughts on what I've done wrong?
>
> One thing I don't fully understand, and perhaps it is part of the problem,
> the
> rectangular flap that is part of the choke, it seems to be open all the
> time.
> I would have thought that when the car was cold, it would be closer to
> closed.
> Maybe I flipped something when I put that back together.  But, even with
> wide
> open, once the engine was warm, I would have thought it would run fine.
>
> Over 2,500, it was nice, smooth and powerful.
>
> Thanks for any thoughts.
>
> And Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there.
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