summersquirrel

hey guys, first of all thanks alot, this forum has helped me through alot of the question i had as a relatively new mustang owner.

Iwanted to know which carburetor i should get for my car, something around the 350 dollar price range would be best.

oh and my car is a 68 and i believe the previous owner said it had a 302 engine but not sure. thx in advance.


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racin66coupe

OMG!!!!!!! SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE ONE OF THESE THREADS A STICKY!!! checkout the other one posted yesterday

racin66coupe

and u have a carb. and a holley. what size is it?

summersquirrel

dont know the size but the person i bought it from said some thing was wrong with the carb

ive read alot about carburetors , since i always work on 4 cylinder hondas and toyotas but when i saw my friends 67 mustang i was a convert, and really think they are much simpler but most my friends say they are inferior to fuel injection, i think they are great.

sorry for another carb post
*hangs head down in shame*

dodgestang

Why do you think you need a new carb?

summersquirrel

the car keeps dying on me whenever i get to a red light even after letting it warm up for about 15 minutes.

most everything is new even the fuel pump,

racin66coupe

you could just rebuild the carb for starters. not that expensive

dodgestang

Have you attempted to simply adjust the carb?

Increase the idle speed a little bit?
What RPM is the car idling at cold?
What RPM is the car idling at warm?

What is your initial timing set at?
Is there a large RPM drop from when in park to when you put it into gear?

What was the last time you gave the car a simply tune up?

JMD

Welcome to the forum!... Nice looking Mustang!


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Or,,, you could buy one of these Edelbrock carbs and possibly get some change back from your $350....

There will beplenty of good opinions that will run contrary to what I am recommending here, but IMO for a good solid, low maintenance,easy setup, economicalreplacement carb, these are hard to beat.

These usually work pretty damn good right out of the box with minimal tuning.

Also consider that your issue may not be with the carburator at all.... but it does kinda sound like it is..

summersquirrel

there is a huge drop in rpm and the screws are adjusted (according to the mechanic[:@]), i tried adjusting them myself but with no luck.

just gave it a tune up.

thanks JMD for the links that edelbrock 1801 is screaming impulse buy