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Old Apr 21, 2020 | 06:49 AM
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Alright guys I’m still fighting this lean issue With my 5.3 but it’s only happening when I’m in 2nd or in 3rd and I stab the throttle and I see on my afr gauge that it’s goes lean. When I go wot in 1st either it’s a roll or a dig the cars fine going through all the gears but when I try to roll in a higher gear it goes lean anyone have any advice? Thought it was fuel pump so replaced it and nothing accel pump is working good just not sure right now
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Old Apr 21, 2020 | 01:41 PM
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what carburetor do you have ?
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Old Apr 21, 2020 | 03:28 PM
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what carburetor do you have ?
it’s a 750 quick fuel vacuum secondaries
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Old Apr 21, 2020 | 03:48 PM
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Are your secondaries opening all of the way?
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Old Apr 21, 2020 | 04:04 PM
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Are your secondaries opening all of the way?
im guessing they are I haven't checkek, even then I thought they were opening to fast where there wasn’t enough fuel for how fast the air was going through so I slowed them down and it is still doing the same thing. If they weren’t opening all the way wouldn’t that cause it to go rich?
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Old Apr 21, 2020 | 04:18 PM
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What size jets ?

Also, when you go WOT there will be a high draw of air and it takes the fuel a second to catch up. So, if it's only a spike, that's normal, if it goes lean and doesn't recover, it could be jets or high speed air bleeds ? (to start)

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Old Apr 21, 2020 | 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Doug G
What size jets ?

Also, when you go WOT there will be a high draw of air and it takes the fuel a second to catch up. So, if it's only a spike, that's normal, if it goes lean and doesn't recover, it could be jets or high speed air bleeds ? (to start)
primary jets are 72 and secondaries are 83 when I hit wot in first it will hit 12.9 at wot so I don’t think it could be Jets it has to do with something affecting the tip in
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Old Apr 21, 2020 | 06:18 PM
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RPM Vs. airflow...


If you look close, this is a WOT run with a full manual TH350 and no lift shifts. You will see the lean spike on the shifts, along with a huge spike at the end of the run when I let off the gas. The AFR will change with the load on the motor even in a steady rpm state.

And just how lean are you seeing.

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Old Apr 21, 2020 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Doug G
RPM Vs. airflow...


If you look close, this is a WOT run with a full manual TH350 and no lift shifts. You will see the lean spike on the shifts, along with a huge spike at the end of the run when I let off the gas. The AFR will change with the load on the motor even in a steady rpm state.

And just how lean are you seeing.

Sometimes it will hit 16 there’s times where I see 19 And I honestly haven’t rode it out to see if it will get richer because it bogs down if it wouldn't bog and and I saw a quick spike then I wouldn’t mind it but the fact that it’s messing with performance that’s why I’m concerned and like I said only happening from a roll in 2nd and third, first gear is fine
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What's your timing look like ?

What's the fuel pressure at ?

What's the fuel level in the bowls ?
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