HELP PLEASE hood scoop and carberatour problems?????

[Keith 944]

Originally Posted by Barney B

Ryan, I have seen people put 90* spark plug boots over the vent tubes to fix that problem.

BB

X 2, i think it would clear without cutting, worth a shot, and as for your other post, under carb t-stop the only way to go, IMO

[C and W Racing]

If you are running this set up without any kind of pan to seal it off, I have seen where the air going around the carb into the engine bay will pull fuel out of the carb. Had a friend with a simular problem years ago, I had him put a scoop plug in and he picked up 6 mph. The next week he had an air pan installed.
Chuck

[CBS]

Ryan..... I think the dimension is 6 or 7 inches from the throttle plates....but they all act a little different.....mine is very close and seems to work fine sealed or not....but put something on the vent tubes....I have a hose on ours....and a plate stop is a better choice....7.77 seemed stout but the speed seemed slow....something is not as happy as it could be...probably got to try a few things....use tape and test a little....unfortunately you probably want to race next weekend....better test on Thursday and have a backup plan.....can you run it without the scoop for the weekend....just a suggestion....

Rock....

[Barney B]

I should be there Thursday if ya need anything I would be glad to help.

BB

[Ryan Dillman]

Well here's what im doing i have to get a in line stop for this weekend and im sealing the hood. Probably going to get a taller scoop and mount it separate from the hood that way i can go back to using my base plate stop. thanks for the suggestions and help i will probably make an all out run Thursday first and see what the car does compared to this past weekend then make the runs to figure out a ratio. one question i have always tried to keep my coast speed at 4000 can i make it about 3000 or lower and still be consistent? Im trying to not be on the stop for a long time with this in line deal.

[Gauge guy]

Ryan,

You will have the inline stop today. I had the same issue with my truck with the carb being to close to the hood. I had plug boots on mine & only when I installed the scoop on my truck did it resolve the problem. I installed a simple Lexan scoop & pick up 6 MPH running SG.

Marc Erickson
www.dedenbear.com
www.autometer.com

[Ryan Dillman]

Thanks mark i will let you know how it goes. what do you mean a little lexan scoop?

[billy leber]

You can run lower rpm with the inline stop but I would stay around 3500.

[supergas4]

spell it carburator.it will run better