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Old Mar 12, 2005 | 04:04 PM
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From: Ottumwa,IA
Car: 1992 camaro RS
Engine: sbc 350
Transmission: th350
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Ok I just put a 350 in my camaro, its got a holley 600 carb, preformer manifold, accel distrubuter, and some other things but the problem is every time i go to put the car in any of the gears(its automatic) it dies pretty quick like the engine was just shut off i havent had the motor properly timed yet i just wanted to take down the road and back, the idles pretty high too its around 2500 and when i go to turn the ilde button down a little bit, it dies pretty quick!

please u anyone could help i would appreciate it

thanks steve
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Old Mar 12, 2005 | 04:57 PM
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Old Mar 12, 2005 | 09:28 PM
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From: Tigard, Oregon
Car: '86 Berlinetta
Engine: 350
Transmission: 700R4
1) Set timing properly
2) Park idle has to be higher than drive idle
3) Sounds like a carb problem... 600cfm, you might be choking that poor 350 lol... but I dont know
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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 05:58 PM
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well ive fixed the idle problem, got it to about 1000 rpms but the car still dies when its put into gear?
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Old Mar 14, 2005 | 03:07 PM
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have you tried messing with the drive idle? There should be "fast idle" and "curb idle" curb idle = park idle. fast idle = drive idle IIRC... could be wrong, am no expert.
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