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Old Aug 2, 2003 | 05:03 PM
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From: Pembroke Pines, FL
Car: 89 Firebird
Engine: 305
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Rich carb? What do you think?

Just finished replacing my distributor and cc-Qjet with a vacuum advanced distributor and edelbrock 600 cfm (manual choke, manual secondaries)
Once the new lines and fuel bowls filled with fuel she started right up and purred like a kitten. Ran and reved great in park, but when I took her out for a ride it was a little rough.. when sitting in drive the car shakes pretty hard, and also when in low speeds (5-10 mph). The carb came from a 350, i rebuilt it but didn't change any settings, rods, etc... I'm not sure if the previous owner did anything to it. I don't have any papers or books to go with it so i'm not sure what screws do what.
Seeing as it came off a 350 I'd asume its just running rich, but i'm not sure and don't know how to change it.. Can you help me out here?
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Old Aug 3, 2003 | 01:35 PM
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From: Pembroke Pines, FL
Car: 89 Firebird
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well i messed with the screws a little today, had little to almost no effect... i also noticed when starting off of at low throttle it shudders from 500 - 750 rpm and from 750 - 1250 rpm the motor kinda pulses but anything after that and it seems to run fine..
What do you think is up with it?
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Old Aug 4, 2003 | 09:28 PM
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Car: 91' Firebird
Engine: 3.1L V6
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maybe the spark plugs got fouled out...happened to my car after it ran rich, clean the plugs or if they need to be change em!
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