[DeTomaso] Car just quits

[Will Kooiman]

Agreed.

If you guys recall, I tested this once in Houston.  My car would die under heavy braking.  I tried it once in the industrial area by my house with the air cleaner removed.  When I hit the brakes, fuel gushed out of the rear booster.  It was pretty obvious, looking through the rear window.

I tried lowering the fuel in the rear bowl as much as I could, but it still died under heavy braking.  It didn't get better until I leveled the carburetor with an angled spacer.  Remember, normal 351C engine are angled down at the back to give the trans more clearance.  When installed in the Pantera, which has no angle, the carburetor tilts forward at the front.  

On 5/9/20, 8:15 AM, "DeTomaso on behalf of John Taphorn" <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of johnftaphorn at gmail.com> wrote:

       Fred
       I would start with lowering fuel level in carb's rear float bowl.A A
       Perhaps when stopping at the intersection, gas spilled from the
       carb'sA float bowl into the venturies flooding the engine.A  With the
       throttleA closed the mixture was too rich to ignite.A  When you pressed
       the throttle and opened the carb's butterfies, air entered the
       combustionA chamber providingA a leaner mixture that could ignite. My
       hypothesis.
       JT

       On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 11:16 PM Mike Drew via DeTomaso
       <[1]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

         Fred,
         More details please. I know you are the original owner. Does the car
         still have the original carb? If so itas a miracle it runs at all!
         Mike
         Sent from my iPad
         > On May 8, 2020, at 20:59, fred <[2]fred at creekspeak.com> wrote:
         >
         > i>>?A  A I have the exhaustA  problem fixed after all your help.
         Now, on two
         >A  A occasions, I pulled off the highway and the car just died at
         the stop
         >A  A sign. I waited a minute, cranked it without using the gas
         pedal.
         >A  A Nothing.A  Stepped on the acceleratorA  and it started. After
         that, no
         >A  A problem. A faulty carburetor?A  PleaseA  emailA  your thoughts
         and, as
         >A  A usual, thanks for your insight. Fred
         >
         >A  A Sent from Samsung tablet.
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