[DeTomaso] New Pantera owner on Long Island

[Mirril M. McMullen]

Robert,

Seems to me you cant run the electric choke off the 12volt coil wire because
of the ballast resistor.

You need another 12 volt source.

Someone will respond with the real reason you cant use that source.

Mirril M. McMullen 
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-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of LEVITT1946 at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 2:33 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] New Pantera owner on Long Island

Hello All,
I am the new owner of the 1972 Detomaso Pantera That Boyd was talking about

yesterday. The holley 750 (3 yrs old) that is on the car had the choke wired

open and held in place .The car has been running extremely rich since I  
purchased the car. I went to my local speed shop and purchased a holley
matching  
electric choke. I wired the hot wire to a 12v ignition controlled wire.
Ground  
wire connected to the carb itself.At ice cold start I turn the key on 
....pump  gas once and hear the choke engage.Then I turn the key and she
starts up 
....low  idle and will flutter out unless i control the gas peddle myself to

keep her  running. I have also tried readjusting the four tiny screws at the
four 
corners  of fabulous holley carb.I have backed each screw all the way in and

then back  out 1.5 turns .I have then adjusted each screw for highest RPM.
The 
car feels  like she is missing or tugging and I know its the carb. When i 
shut her down she  sometimes blows a flame out the tailpipes. Any ideas?
Blown or 
wrong power  valves installed? Stuck float levels? 
All of this seemed to start right after I installed the electric choke. Car

was running rich before the choke by the way . Fuel pressure is at 7. vacuum

approx 13. Mallory electronic ignition. Plugs are dark with less than 1000  
miles on them  
Robert    
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