[DeTomaso] Great new brakes, but stalling when braking

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Sounds like something Fuel Injection might cure.  :)

Asa Jay
<sorry, couldn't resist>

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 5/27/2012 2:03 AM, Mikael wrote:
> First, let me explain why I know I have this problem. I've installed Dennis
> Quella Willwood brakes this winter, and they definitely work. So I've
> probably made more hard stops than ever. Great brakes.
>
> But the engine stalls when under hard and long braking. I've read the forums
> about this, and suggestions include:
> Too lean, richen idle
> Front float too low, raise
> Rear float too high, lower
> Ignition too retarded, advance
> Brake booster vacuum leak
> Other vacuum leaks
>
> I've tried most of the above with no luck. It should be said that with my
> cam profile from hell, it only sees 10 inches of vacuum at a nice steady
> four corner idle around 900 rpm.
>
> In the end I tested something a bit scary, going very fast in reverse and
> hard braking. And then it doesn't stall! That to me says that this is indeed
> a fuel gravity issue, but I have no idea how to fix it. Somebody wrote about
> jet extension (since those idiots at Holley put the jets on a wall instead
> of on the floor like a Rochester or Summit carb), but others were against it
> because then I might get fuel starvation when accelerating hard, a much
> bigger problem.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Mikael
>
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