ok my 83 2.8 2bl 3speed camaro is getting horrible gas mileage it idles rough and when i give it gas from a stop it hesitates it also doesnt always shut of right away it tries to keep running when i shut the car off and sometimes back fires what is wrong with my car please help me asap i cant afford these gas prices anymore i am putting gas in it every day its crazy thanks in advance!!!

 

carb problem, your runnun too rich!

 

ok i hope this isnt a stupid question but how do i fix that???? where do i make the adjustments and which way exe exe thanks in advance

 

The first thing that I would check is that the choke is FULLY open once the car has warmed up. If it does not open fully it will pull in way too much fuel.

After that you are probably looking at a rebuild of some type. Unfortunately I have not messed with the type of carb you have. My experience is with holley, so maybe someone else could help out.

 

the carb only has a few hundred miles on it

 

could be timing as well. have you checked it with a timing light yet?

 

waiting on a timing light and no one has told me where it should be set

 

anywhere between 4 - 6 degrees should be a good starting point as a base timing (timing advanced disconnected)

 

thanks im going to give that a try today and hope it works and at the same time i will check for vacum leaks thanks ill let you know what happens

 

ok still havent done anything with my timing but i did find a very large vacum leak so that fixed the probem of almost stalling from a dead stop to WOT but the car is still dieseling as far as still sucking to much gas i dont knwo yet i will let you know on that later. so is it my timing or is my car running to rich??

 

probably both lol

 

ok i have all the vacume line correctly connected now it seemed to oh helped a little but still didnt fix the deiseling problem i am now smelling something like maybe gas in the car an unusual smell for my car does anyone now how to adjust the oem 2bl carb for a 83 2.8?? or any other suggestions?