6sally6 wrote:

woodie........might be a good idea to post your address in your avatar hickey to the left!
6sal6

 
I'm sure it used to be there, but I've amended it now, cheers

Hi guys,

Well the HEI fitted to my 302 has failed again, when I took it out the shaft was almost impossible to turn in the body , so I think the heat generated may have cooked the electronics, are the cheap eBay HEI's worth getting or do you think I should just forget the hei and go back to a dizzy and coil?

It failed to sell, it didn't get a single bid, the paint should come off easy and is a great looking coupe underneath

6sally6 wrote:

What is this???! Show-me-yours....Show-you-mine!?
This is mine with stock (replacement) 4 leaf springs and "original" front springs with 1 coil removed and the Shelby drop and then a   poly1" spring isolation pad added to the top of spring.  Rear is "maybe" 2 inches higher than front.

 
Looks great what size wheels n tyres are fitted?

Im trying to find a replacement for this cable the outer sheath is bunching up causing the cable to be trapped and is shortening the outer also causing adjustment issues. The overall length is 56 inches

Huskinhano wrote:

woodie wrote:

Huskinhano wrote:

That's a big carb for a 302 especially for something near stock. You want something like 500 cfm. As 6saly6 said a properly operating vacuum secondary will only open as needed by the engine and you should not feel it open. It should be smooth and seamless. If you do feel them open with a sudden rush of power that means the power actually fell off before the secondaries opened. I know on the Edelbrock, the throttle plates are mechanically opened but on top there is the weighted air valve that opens to the air flow requirements. I'm honestly not totally familiar with the Carter. I know that part is slightly different in operation.

The reason these carbs get a bad rep is because people don't take the time to understand how a carb works, any carb.

 
That's how the car came to me, I am also thinking that the carb is too big for the engine, I think the primary bores are the same for the 500 and the 625, but the venturi boosters are different sizes, if I could get hold of a used 500 carb, could I swap the boosters over to the 625?

If you got a used 500 in good shape, I'd use that rather then swap boosters. I'm not even sure you could. The Edelbrock is just an updated version of the Carter. The difference in a 600 Edelbrock  and the 625 Carter could just be the testing standards used. Personally I'd try to get the Carter to work, you already have it. Here's a link to the Edelbrock owner's manual. it's an excellent manual that not only tells you how it works but has tuning charts. I would imagine that it relates very closely and should be a big help.

I would also check out the whole engine. With only 13 hg of vacuum, that's way too low for a stock engine. Either you have a vacuum leak or something is way out of wack with timing. You really need to give the whole engine a good look over. I think your timing is retarded or something. Try setting the initial timing with the vacuum line off the distributor to

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