<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Seems your rebuild isn't as perfect as you think. They rarely are.<br><br>But as long as you can achieve a reasonable adjustment, I don't see a reason to worry about it. Carbs are never perfect anyway.<br><br>-- Randall<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 September 2019 09:34:48 GMT-05:00, "G.D. Huggins" <gdhuggins@genfiniti.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
All,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here’s another thing to ponder whilst I wait for my rebuilt lever shocks to arrive..</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My engine will idle under the following conditions:</div><div class=""><ul class=""><li class="">Idle screws are backed off all the way, not touching the plate, therefore not opening the throttle plate. (In theory, they are fully closed.)</li><li class="">Mixtures nuts all the way lean. (In theory, there should be ZERO fuel going into the carbs.)</li><li class="">Both the throttle and choke are loosened from the linkage, making sure jets are all the way up, and throttles are not sticking</li></ul></div><div class="">For the record, these are professionally rebuilt HS6 carbs, with super throttle shaft bushing, perfectly centered jets, etc.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In what is ostensibly a ZERO fuel/air mixture, how is this engine running?</div><div class="">Do these engines just have a magic power to idle when starved?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Has anyone else witnessed this on their own cars?</div><div class="">If so, should I do anything? If so, what? (other than maybe looking to make sure the needles/jets are matched correctly)</div><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Kind Regards,<br class=""><br class="">Guy D. Huggins<br class=""><a href="mailto:gdhuggins@genfiniti.com" class="">gdhuggins@genfiniti.com</a><br class="">817.454.6415</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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