wheeeere do i start...

Just giving an update, not that anyone really cares but I'm bored so deal with it. Swapped over to carb from TBI today...new Holley intake and 650 carb, distributor, etc. Used the Mallory 3-port with return FPR, in-line pressure gauge....she's running at 5.5 psi and there's black smoke coming out of the exhaust in the back. If she runs too rich, it's black. Too lean, and it's white smoke. The carb's secondaries are pouring fuel....I went through an entire tank of gas in one day, just driving around making sure the thing was running right...roughly 30 some miles. I emailed the guy who sold me the carb and he's cooperating (thank god)....but in the meantime...Second, there's a plug/sensor with 3 prongs sticking out of it hanging from god knows where right behind my oil filter. Where does it plug in? I think it's something with the trans. My RPM's wont go above 2500...even when I floor it....could that be the little plug? I also need a new trans kickback thing...the little green plastic piece. Can't find it anywhere. LIFE.

Never gonna pass emissions, thanks carburetor.:thumbsup:

if your running very rich your engine wont wanna rev anyway...very very sluggish
Car looks great btw.

Thanks! I wish the mechanical aspect would match the cosmetic. lol I tried to drive her to work this morning and my RPMs still wouldn't go past 2500 but now my speedo won't go any higher than 25! I can hear her revving but the car won't go any faster. I'm getting pretty frustrated.

Honestly dont know why you didnt keep it FI.. alot better that way.

I don't know either. And now I'm kicking myself.

Well why dont you put the TBI back on? I mean it did atleast run properly with that, right?

if it's running that rich, STOP RUNNING IT!. Otherwise you're dumping gas into your oil, washing it off the cylinder walls leaving you with no friction protection at all, and then you'll be really kicking yourself when that brand new motor has to be made into a six pack of pepsi.

The secondaries are dumping? Is it vacuum operated?

what did you do with the TPS sensor harness, that's what i think your 3 pronger is.

Yeah, vac advance hei....what's the tps actually DO?

The TPS is for the computer to determine the position of the throttle blades, hence Throttle Position Sensor (tps). Which is pretty much useless now.

Do you have the spec sheets for the mtotor and ref. chart for the carb or is that what he;s working on with you. I t soulnds like you have the wrong metering rods in there or something.

keep the carb dammit, tbi blows

What the hell is a metering rod?!

Determines how much fuel is distributed to the primary and secondary floats

Alright well I don't know anything about that. And what's going on when the car lurches shifting into Drive? I mean shifts HARD....rpms are only at 10.

Thanks! I wish the mechanical aspect would match the cosmetic. lol I tried to drive her to work this morning and my RPMs still wouldn't go past 2500 but now my speedo won't go any higher than 25! I can hear her revving but the car won't go any faster. I'm getting pretty frustrated.

maybe you clogged your cat(s) (if any) :naughty:

lol i wish it was that simple...dear lord please help me. I'm going to file bankruptcy over this car....

keep the carb dammit, tbi blows

hey, screw you man!

keep the carb dammit, tbi blows

Screw you, man, goodluck with your at best 15 MPG.. i'll keep my 20+ :)

The reason that your speedo won't go over 25 might be because the VSS isn't working now that the tbi is gone. Did you ditch the whole computer and sensors when you made the switch? That would have been a bad move cause you torque converter lock up is controled by the ECU, if you don't have that then I could see you having some shifting problems.

Yeah we pretty much cut what we figured we weren't going to use....

bad idea switching to carb!!

Now that I think about it your biggest problem is probably the TV cable bracket. A TBI TV cable and a carb TV cable are the same length but I'm almost 100% sure your going to need a different bracket. You might have to convert your speedo to a manual geared one instead of electric. Not quite sure how to get your TCC to work though...