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benXaGt · 12-15-2004, 00:57

Last night i got my ass wooped(about 6times) by a 5.0ltr supercharged vs commo he kept getting at least 3-4 car lengths in front. Its my mates car he bought it for 20k its fast.

Also got 2 wins-1 loss against a celica he booted it i stufed up one of my starts

Then later i went up against a vn 6banger(mates car) and still got beaten

I have a 351cleveland xa fairmont
2v heads
4 barrel manifold
600 thermoquad
Flinstone ignition system (im ganna get msd 6al when i save up $1000)
Standard torque converter
c4 auto
6 brake booster
6 fuel lines
BW 8inch lsd 2.92 gears
Fat tyres

DansEdgli · 12-15-2004, 01:11

I wish i had a forced fed V8. I have to settle for my forced 6 : (

Im surprised you lost to the VN, my 351 was a $600 wrecker special and I would kick VN SS's arses. I had a light XF though.

benXaGt · 12-15-2004, 01:30

Yeah i no im having really bad launching problems because of my fuel lines.
What happens is when i stall it up and release the brake it seems to gurgle and die then it takes of so by the time im already starting to move there already 1 car lenght in front of me.

DansEdgli · 12-15-2004, 01:36

Is that your fuel lines or your Secondarys opening too early. My car use to do the same I messed around with when the butterflys opened for ages until it was right. Then it would light em up with no brake in the dry.

benXaGt · 12-15-2004, 01:45

I didnt think off that yeah could be a possibility cause i do have them open from take off it might be drowning the engine

DansEdgli · 12-15-2004, 01:50

Yeah mine was a bitch. If you do search in the cleveland tech there will be instructions on how to do it. Its was a while since I had the car so I cant remember how to exactly.

Apparantly it is impossible for there to be a smooth transition as the secondaries are so large compared to the primaries.

I cant remember exactly but you have to adjust the spring for the secondaries, drive it and adjust it again accordingly until it is the best it can get.

benXaGt · 12-15-2004, 02:15

Secondary Throats Air-door Adjustment

In curcumstances where manifold vacuum is too low to begin drawing fuel through the secondary jets (eg: full throttle at low engine speed), the air-door will not open either, preventing any flow through the secondary throats, and preventing the engine bogging down through over-carburation.

In practice, there are two ways in which the air-door can be out of adjustment. The air-door spring can be under tensioned, allowing the door to open before fuel flow has started in the secondary jets; or it can be over tensioned, preventing the door from opening until sometime after fuel flow has started in the secondary jets. The first situation will result in a period of too-lean mixture, the second will result in a period of too-rich mixture. Both cases will cause a bog or stumble in the engine as the secondaries are opened.

DansEdgli · 12-15-2004, 02:29

Thats the one. It took me ages to get it to where I was happy with it. Once your used to adjusting the spring its easy to do. I would do it on the drive to work sometimes.

benXaGt · 12-15-2004, 02:39

Cool yeah i just read your thread you posted over a year ago. You had the same problems as i have.

Did you end up putting the holley in? cause im thinking of putting one in but not now if i can fix mine

DansEdgli · 12-15-2004, 02:43

Nah I got the thermoquad to run good in the end so I didnt bother.

Then I got stuck with a new job that involved heaps of driving so I had to sell it. I was getting pretty crap economy. Its hard driving slow when you have a 351 to play with.