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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 08:59 PM
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Modified Holley 650 Questions

So I took my car to the track this past weekend and what a dog. It wouldnt even spin the tires in the burn out box. Also on take off it was laggy as hell. About half way down the track it's as if I hit an invisible barrier like the car tripped up same problem on the dyno, fell down at 4500/4 psi. I had to back off the throttle and get back on it. Not sure why this is happening. Any suggestions on how to tune my carb?

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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 12:37 PM
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Re: Modified Holley 650 Questions

Some information on your combo would help. Heads, cam, carb, intake etc.
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 07:55 PM
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Re: Modified Holley 650 Questions

World sportsman 2 heads, not sure the C/C cam is a comps blower cam, Edelbrock single plane RPM intake. The engine was built for a supercharger. I think the carb needs some tweaking big time
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 09:57 PM
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Re: Modified Holley 650 Questions

does it have a supercharger now?
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 08:33 AM
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Re: Modified Holley 650 Questions

Yes. Procharger 600B 8-10 psi
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 09:47 AM
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Re: Modified Holley 650 Questions

have you back fired lately, power valves are known for blowing out, could be from one back fire. Especially if its an older carb. i used to rebuild mine Holley 650 power valve every spring just to make sure. This year i put one on that has the power valve protection valve. I' excited to see if that makes a difference.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 09:51 AM
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Re: Modified Holley 650 Questions

I backfired some. But we just put the trick kit rebuild to it a few weeks ago. I'm leaning toward not enough fuel at WOT and the bowls are emptying out early. Im also going to install my surge valve with a longer intake tube to give more time for the air to get to the carb
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 11:21 AM
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Re: Modified Holley 650 Questions

you're supposed to drill out the pv protection check valve for boosted engines and use the poly floats. are you using a boost reference fpr?

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