383 Carburetor Jetting for AFR
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At idle 13-14 AFR would be okay but I would add a little insurance in the upper rpm band. Plus you may not be seeing (monitoring) any knock or knock retard which can kill the motor and valve seats if left unchecked for a long period. At WOT you want to be closer to 12.5 - 12.8.
thanks for advise guys
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It is the constant load, and a stuffy hot bilge doesn’t help. Many other factors contribute such as an engine with 8:1cr may be just fine at 14afr but the same engine with a 11:1cr won’t make it very far. There’s a lot of good threads on here with great input on what AFRs work best on what engine.
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I have wet joint manifolds with an o2 spacer between the riser and manifolds. I have wideband on one side and left other side open for sniper efi in future. I also have an aftermarket riser set up and water doesn’t mix till the transom,hoping it keeps moisture away from the sensor
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I was surprised to find I had to put on an extender to keep it from wetting the sensor. I had a set of baffles in the exhaust to keep down the noise and I think that exacerbated the problem. Plus I LOVE low idle with loud pipes, and low idle really allows reversion more than anything else.
So 12.5 or maybe 12.7 for WOT is good.
Hmm, maybe I will look into making EMI sensor plates. I'm in forced home "confinement" from a work injury and they are overdoing the waiting due to covid 19. I'd go back at this point due to boredom.
ALSO: time to eat a little crow. When I ran the boat with plus 4 in the secondaries I had a great top end AFR, but the upper mid range stayed lean. So yesterday it was 3200 rpm or blast through to 4100 and above. I had the wife and 2 adult daughters with me. So I did the 3200 most of the time. And extra stupidly I think I left my box o jets at home.
SB do you have a couple of Holley style 76's? LOL
So 12.5 or maybe 12.7 for WOT is good.
Hmm, maybe I will look into making EMI sensor plates. I'm in forced home "confinement" from a work injury and they are overdoing the waiting due to covid 19. I'd go back at this point due to boredom.
ALSO: time to eat a little crow. When I ran the boat with plus 4 in the secondaries I had a great top end AFR, but the upper mid range stayed lean. So yesterday it was 3200 rpm or blast through to 4100 and above. I had the wife and 2 adult daughters with me. So I did the 3200 most of the time. And extra stupidly I think I left my box o jets at home.
SB do you have a couple of Holley style 76's? LOL





