Thread: Problems With Idle

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Alright. I finally got the Timing up to 16. She pulls hard now and has alot of power. But, it has a really weak idle and still won't stay running in gear. She just wants to choke an die when i put her in gear. When I say weak, i mean that when I have it in gear and am slightly pressing the pedal to keep it running, its kind of sputtering and feels like she'll die when I let go. It's so wierd. The motor Really hates to idle lower than 1000 rpms.
Also, It kind of chokes right off idle when i go to drive and more frequently will pop back through the carb and kill the motor. When i rev it up it won't ping like it's too adv.
I've adjusted the float levels and it doesn't seem to be running very rich at idle.

Is this cam just a bad choice for the motor? Thats the only thing i can come up with.

Besides the timing issue it sounds like there could be more then one thing going on here. Lets get back to this carb for a minute. Is it the street avanger 570 cfm ? Is it manual choke or electric choke? That is quite a bit under carbed for a 10-1 compression motor. And also are you possitive there is no vacume leak anywhere? What 280 cam and lifter combo do you have?