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VintageMopar
Feb 14, 2018Explorer
It comes back slowly for us old folks.
I remember the AFB which would be Carter or Edelbrock did real well cornering, acceleration and braking because of the dual float bowls. But it was prone to flood out or boil dry under hot soak conditions. That would be like full operating temp, shut engine off for 10-15 minutes, then try a re-start. The fuel in the float bowls would percolate out the main nozzles and flood the engine, or just boil dry, then it wouldbe a long crank to re-fill. Being all aluminum they would soak up too much heat. A class C application does not seem a good thing, but thick insulating spacer between carb and intake did help a lot with this issue.
I remember the AFB which would be Carter or Edelbrock did real well cornering, acceleration and braking because of the dual float bowls. But it was prone to flood out or boil dry under hot soak conditions. That would be like full operating temp, shut engine off for 10-15 minutes, then try a re-start. The fuel in the float bowls would percolate out the main nozzles and flood the engine, or just boil dry, then it wouldbe a long crank to re-fill. Being all aluminum they would soak up too much heat. A class C application does not seem a good thing, but thick insulating spacer between carb and intake did help a lot with this issue.
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