[DeTomaso] Carb problem

[Will Kooiman]

I say this every time this comes up.  Am I the only one that experienced
this?

Make sure you level the carburetor.  The Performer was made for a
front-engined car, which tilts the engine down in the back.  The intake
tilts the carburetor down in the front to compensate.

The Pantera mounts the engine level, so when you put the Performer on your
car, the carburetor is not level.  The rear fuel bowl is trying to drown
the jets with fuel.  It gets especially bad when you step on the brakes.

I had this problem, so I leveled the carb.  Once the carb was level, I
could stand on the brakes without the engine dying.



On 7/14/13 5:47 PM, "levitt1946 at aol.com" <levitt1946 at aol.com> wrote:

>Hugh
>Adjust the floats and call it a day.change fuel filter .Without even
>knowing I am sure your floats r dirty . Easy adjustment and u r good to
>go.
>Bob Levitt
>
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>
>Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Greetings fellow Panterians,
>>I am having a problem with my Holley 650 double pumper. Under hard
>>braking
>>the engine stalls. Rather then trying to rebuild the carb and adjusts the
>>floats etc. I would prefer to replace it with a new carb. My engine has
>>an
>>Edelbrock performer intake,an upgraded cam ( I don't know the specific
>>grind due to the demise of the previous owner who took the build info to
>>his grave with him) headers,roller rockers, MSD 6al ignition.
>>I want to avoid the common problem of choosing  a carb with too large
>>a CFMfor the engine. I would prefer no choke or a manual choke but
>>definitely
>>not an electrical choke or any vacuum controls. Although looks are
>>secondary to performance I would like to get a carb that has a finish
>>like
>>the Edelbrock " Endura shine" finish. I am hoping to find a carb that
>>has a
>>very quick throttle response.
>> I am aware of Holley, Edelbrock, and Demon. I have intentionally
>>excluded
>>Webers because the manifold and  and 4 Webers are outside my budget. So I
>>would welcome suggestions along with explanations for your choice and any
>>technical information
>>that will effect my choice.
>>Thanks,
>>Boyd
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