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never touched a carb b4 need help

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Old Apr 5, 2004 | 04:46 AM
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never touched a carb b4 need help

ok yea my friend was looking into putting a new carb on his car, I have no idea what type though it is weird truck thing, but he nor I don't know a thing about tuning a carb ok can someone walk me through the steps in taking off putting on and tuning a carb typically mechanical choke i know this.
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Old Apr 6, 2004 | 02:50 PM
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Car: 87 Pontiac Firebird Formula
Engine: 355 SBC-Thats all I can say or they will break my legs.
Transmission: 5 Speed
Before we could tell you how to tune the carb, we need to know what kind it is. A holley gets tuned differently from a q-jet and edelbrock...THey all have their own ways of tuning them. Let me know and I could walk you through it
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Old Apr 6, 2004 | 06:52 PM
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Step 1 really should be to pick up a good book so you have a reference to look at when people are telling you "adjust the *insert name of one of seemingly thousands of screws on a carb* screw." Exploded diagrams are your friend. A good read will help you understand how a carb works, too.
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Old Apr 7, 2004 | 06:52 AM
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thanks i'll find out and look for a book on the subject
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Old Apr 7, 2004 | 11:42 AM
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The Haynes Techbook for Rochesters is really good if you have a Quadrajet. I think it was like $20 at AutoZone or Borders or something.
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