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Old 10-21-2013, 05:18 PM
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Make your carburetor bog and stumble ? a friend of mine has a 6.0 in his car and he said if his psi is above 5.5 his car wil bog & stumble..mine is on 8psi ???
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Old 10-21-2013, 05:26 PM
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You can push fuel thru your needle and seat but on my new carb that didnt happen until 15+ psi I didbt know it was so high, I had a faulty gauge. If its too high it will run fuel out of the boosters.
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Up to 7 psi I have never had a issue. At 9 I think I did once upon a time back when I ran SBCs.
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Edelbrocks are 5psi and Holley/Demon are 7psi
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i need to step my psi up to 7 then
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I run 6.5 and dont have issues
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We were lean until we set the FP at 7 psi, Holley 650
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I'm going to just leave mine at 8psi
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