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Locate the two adjustment screws on the front of the Edelbrock carburetor, just below the nameplate. Start the engine and let it warm up for a few minutes. more
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Locate the two adjustment screws on the front of the Edelbrock carburetor, just below the nameplate. Start the engine and let it warm up for a few minutes. more
The Edelbrock carburetor is one of the simplest carburetors to adjust. With two adjustment screws in the front of the carburetor, you can adjust and tune the carburetor in just a few minutes and have your engine running smoothly. The optimum setting for the Edelbrock carburetor is to run between 550 and 650 rpm. This will give you more power as well as greater fuel mileage. You can adjust and tune the carburetor yourself with a screwdriver and a vacuum gauge.
Place the vehicle's transmission in "Park" and open the hood. Remove the wing nut that holds the air cleaner onto the top of the carburetor and set the air cleaner out of the way.
Find a starting point to adjust the carburetor by turning the screw on the left side of the carburetor as you are looking from the front of the vehicle, counterclockwise with a screwdriver until it is all the way open. Turn the adjustment screw on the right side with a screwdriver, clockwise, until it is completely closed.
Using a vacuum gauge to help you tune a carburetor can get you within 1/16th of a turn of “perfect carburetor tuning.” Engine vacuum will respond much more quickly than waiting for the engine to stumble. Turn the idle mixture screw and watch the vacuum gauge. Turn very slowly and stop turning as soon as vacuum stop climbing or drops, then repeat the process on the other side if required. The improvements over using “feel” when tuning in throttle response, power and efficiency won’t be huge, but they will be noticeable. [links]
A vacuum gauge is irreplaceable when tuning a carburetor. When I was a kid, my father and BJ taught me how to adjust a new or rebuilt carburetor by watching and listening to the engine. Turn the idle adjustment screw(s) out all the way and then turn it/them in until the engine begins to stumble and back off a quarter turn. Repeat on the other side if required. This is pretty much the accepted method of tuning a carburetor; however, it will only get you in the ballpark. [links]
When diagnosing engine performance problems using vacuum, you must use a direct source of vacuum, such as the vacuum tap on most intake manifolds. A good source for many is the vacuum line going to the transmission. No matter where you get your vacuum source, make sure it’s not ported. more
As stated, a “stock” engine should pull 17-21 In/Hg of vacuum at idle. The cool thing about using a vacuum gauge to diagnose engine problems is that different engine problems show themselves by vacuum readings in different ranges. For example, if you’re seeing vacuums readings at idle of: [links]
Dad and BJ, more so BJ, taught me early on that a vacuum gauge can tell you almost everything you need to know about your engine’s health as long as you know how to interpret what you’re seeing on the gauge, hearing and feeling. Put these three pieces of information together and you’ll know if you’re looking at an easy fix or a complete engine rebuild.
Begin your engine check-up by making a thorough preliminary inspection. Pop the hood and look over the engine compartment with the proverbial fine-tooth comb. Check all vacuum lines and fittings for cracks or breaks. Test vacuum connections to make sure they’re tight. Make sure any ports or fittings that are supposed to be plugged are plugged properly. Fix anything you find here.
The issue I have is from when i 1st installed this carb it run very rich. Cruise was 10.8:1 wot about 11:1. I have jetted it down much more then their calibration carts shows. Right now I have 98 jet with 73 37 rod and 95 jet in secondary. Orange spring. Middle pump shot.
Still cruises at about 12.8:1 wot about 12.5 which is good. Idle screws react well. Idle is about 13.8.
Now if I try and lean out cruise any more say to around 13.5-14 I get a very bad lean spot while under load. I still get get this lean spot now but it is not as bad. While accelerating with 15" vacuum down to say 5" (before power mode kicks in) my air fuel will start to lean out almost 3 points. I'll go from 12.8 to 15.0 ( once the power mode kicks in air fuel goes to about 13.5) if I lean out cruise to around 13.5 then when accelerating it goes to almost 17:1.
Engine will hesitate above 15:1. here
Hi. I am looking for help with my edelbrock avs2 650 carb. The engine is a 340 4 speed mildly modified. Air gap intake,aluminum heads, headers, comp cam 231 duration. 480 lift. Vacuum at idle is 10" cruise 15".
I have tested for vacuum leaks to the best of my knowledge I can't find any.
Have a psi gauge set to 5.5. Floats set to factory specs
I have tried to use to stronger spring but with the low idle vacuum it doesnt work right. Will bounce even if I turn up the idle more right now it's at 800rpm. I can make the pink work ok at 1000rpm but still will bounce if leaving from a idle as vacuum will drop a bit.
I have been through the carb and Manuals and believe i understand this carb well even though I'm new to carbs.
I have a o2 gauge with a vacuum gauge next to it which I can watch will driving.
The beauty of this system is that it is extremely tunable. For part throttle we have three places to tune; the size of the primary jet, the large and small diameters of the metering rod, and the power valve spring. Before we get into changing metering rods or primary metering jets, sometimes just a simple spring change can make an amazing difference. We've included a small chart that lists the calibration starting points for when these springs begin to push the primary metering rod out of the main jet. more
What makes this so intricate is that you can change individual areas such as just the fat part of the metering rod or just the power tip. Or you could change just the jet—or all three. Because there are so many variables to this system, Edelbrock has created an excellent tuning grid that lists the stock metering combination for each carburetor and then presents multiple tuning combinations richer or leaner. here
When it comes to the primary metering circuit, the Edelbrock AVS carburetor is both sophisticated and very similar to the Rochester Quadra-jet. Both carburetors use a replaceable primary jet that is trimmed by a tapered metering rod that moves inside the jet. The rod is tapered and modifies the fuel curve based on manifold vacuum. The metering rod is connected to a piston that pushes against a small spring positioned under the piston.
Each number on the grid represents a metering rod or jet or a change to a combination of the two. We're only going to list three combinations to illustrate the point but as you can see there are over two dozen different combinations that Edelbrock has worked out in advance. [links]
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