thirdorangutan
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My speed carb and billet just got in! I put them on and went to test the speed. I was going 25mph yesterday and after the speed carb Im only getting 21!
Whats the seat valve? Will I have to take off the float bowl to access it?
I use acetone to clean parts before soldering or painting.
That stuff gets all the oil residue off pronto.
It's cheap in the small cans. Brake cleaner works, not sure about carb cleaner, it may have an oily component.
Yup... the Speed carbs have that inherent problem and it shut me down a few times right after my first build until I saw what was causing it... and there's no way to put a filter between that valve and the fuel inlet so I took mine apart and gutted it, basically, I took the valve off the carb and drilled right thru it so there's no on/off function there anymore, then I cut the small switch lever down flush with the body and covered the whole part with JB weld... One could just as easily buy an 8mm banjo bolt and fitting to run the line directly into the carb and be done with it but my redneck engineering kicked in and it held just fine until I could install a new NT carb.
There are a few threads in here somewhere showing how others have gutted their fuel valves on the speed carbs too, but I think the best solution really is to just swap out the fuel valve for an 8mm banjo fitting... no more rubber particals to clog up your main jet or leave your needle and seat valve stuck open and you'll be able to connect your fuel line just as easy without the "redneck engineered" look.
I'd definitely like to have that red gremlin... There's just something about them that makes them look really cool... My oldest sister had one back in the 70's and I always wanted that car... lol