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> Carb jets frozen on their bores
Scott S
post Dec 22 2009, 10:19 AM
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Hi All –
. I have a 2.7 that will be running carbs (40IDTP). They were fully gone through, the shafts are great, and they are very very clean. Last night I was going through parts and decided to pull the air/emulsion tubes just to see what they had in them (the carbs came from sea level and I am in Colorado – around 6200 feet). It was everything I could do to get the jet to turn/unscrew in the bore – I could not believe how stuck they were. I didn’t even attempt to do the second carb – just sprayed the thing with carb cleaner and let it set over night.

Is this normal? Once they broke free, they were very easy to turn and the emulsion tubes came right out – unfortunately the top of the brass jet where the screw driver rests is now gnarled. I have a modified screw driver that is the correct thickness for the slot in the jet, and that was ground on the sides to fit into the bore on the carb. Being that I am sure there will be some trial and error in getting this motor jetted correctly, is there a way to prevent this in the future?

On my current -4 motor I am running dual 40’s and have never had this happen in 10 years – every thing comes a part very cleanly (the car only has 10k miles on a 1996 rebuild however…)

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post Dec 22 2009, 12:55 PM
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Scott,

it probably won't happen again
I'm guessing its bi-metal type corrosion or varnished fuel
but you should be fine now

what jets did you find in there?
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post Dec 22 2009, 01:01 PM
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Scott,

it probably won't happen again
I'm guessing its bi-metal type corrosion or varnished fuel
but you should be fine now

what jets did you find in there?


Hi Brant!
The emusion tubes are F1's and I think the airs are 170's? It's hard to tell with the gnarled tops. It appears there are no main jets installed.

What are you running on your race car at our altitude?

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