Blow thru carb....chill at idle or no??
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Now lets stuff a 7000RPM cam into a motor with a race carb, big high rise intake manifold, no water thermostats, a super efficient intercooler getting 50* lake water pumped thru it, and complain it doesn't want to idle in gear.
I see absolutely no good reason to run water thru the chiller at idle on a blow thru carb setup. If someone knows why he should keep water flowing thru it at idle, I'd like to know why. This procharger stuff is new to me.
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I cant tell you wether it is right or wrong but I work on an Eliminator that has a blowthrough procharged 509 in it and he runs water thru the intercooler at all times and it idles perfect even when cold. the carb is from C&S and was built specific to it and I spent alot of time fine tuning it but now it runs as nice as an EFI. I did not do the original setup and I dont know who decided to run water to the cooler at all times, I just work on what they have as the original builder as long since moved away.
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Yep. And many decades ago, when carb's came from the factory on GM's, they had heating elements under the carbs. Also, had hot air tubes from the exhaust manifolds feeding warm air to the carburetor when the engine was cold. They did this, because even a 455 station wagon engine with a cam so mild the thing could idle at 400rpm, wouldn't stall when cold. Wouldn't have went over well when grandpa goes and buys a brand spankin new 1975 Fleetwood, and engine is stalling out as soon as he pulled off the showroom floor.
Now lets stuff a 7000RPM cam into a motor with a race carb, big high rise intake manifold, no water thermostats, a super efficient intercooler getting 50* lake water pumped thru it, and complain it doesn't want to idle in gear.
I see absolutely no good reason to run water thru the chiller at idle on a blow thru carb setup. If someone knows why he should keep water flowing thru it at idle, I'd like to know why. This procharger stuff is new to me.
Now lets stuff a 7000RPM cam into a motor with a race carb, big high rise intake manifold, no water thermostats, a super efficient intercooler getting 50* lake water pumped thru it, and complain it doesn't want to idle in gear.
I see absolutely no good reason to run water thru the chiller at idle on a blow thru carb setup. If someone knows why he should keep water flowing thru it at idle, I'd like to know why. This procharger stuff is new to me.
The heat exchanger in the exhaust path was to draw warm air through the choke spring body, in return warmed the bi-metallic spring reducing active choke. The amount of heated air actually reaching the engine via the carburetor has no affect on idle characteristics.
TB's - Coolant is circulated to eliminate any possibility of ice accumulation in the venturi is the primary purpose, secondary results in clean flow for idle specifically important in fly-by-wire throttle systems.
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The heat exchanger in the exhaust path was to draw warm air through the choke spring body, in return warmed the bi-metallic spring reducing active choke. The amount of heated air actually reaching the engine via the carburetor has no affect on idle characteristics.
TB's - Coolant is circulated to eliminate any possibility of ice accumulation in the venturi is the primary purpose, secondary results in clean flow for idle specifically important in fly-by-wire throttle systems.
The heat exchanger in the exhaust path was to draw warm air through the choke spring body, in return warmed the bi-metallic spring reducing active choke. The amount of heated air actually reaching the engine via the carburetor has no affect on idle characteristics.
TB's - Coolant is circulated to eliminate any possibility of ice accumulation in the venturi is the primary purpose, secondary results in clean flow for idle specifically important in fly-by-wire throttle systems.
High power airflow wasn't a concern. Because with the old quadrajets, when the choke was engaged(cold Engine), the secondaries would not open.
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The heat exchanger in the exhaust path was to draw warm air through the choke spring body, in return warmed the bi-metallic spring reducing active choke. The amount of heated air actually reaching the engine via the carburetor has no affect on idle characteristics.
TB's - Coolant is circulated to eliminate any possibility of ice accumulation in the venturi is the primary purpose, secondary results in clean flow for idle specifically important in fly-by-wire throttle systems.
The heat exchanger in the exhaust path was to draw warm air through the choke spring body, in return warmed the bi-metallic spring reducing active choke. The amount of heated air actually reaching the engine via the carburetor has no affect on idle characteristics.
TB's - Coolant is circulated to eliminate any possibility of ice accumulation in the venturi is the primary purpose, secondary results in clean flow for idle specifically important in fly-by-wire throttle systems.
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Adjust the idle mixture screw to make it idle better when cold, or change the air bleed jets on the idle circuit. in that order. A smaller idle bleed jet will richen it up a little, but be careful with this mod as it will affect the transition from idle to mid RPM AFR's, and could cause it to stumble a little.