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Offline Strawdawg

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Re: Installed wide band gauge
« Reply #15 on: June 29, 2016 - 12:01:02 AM »
The lighter spring should make the leaness worse.  :)  I would look at the pump shot and think about lengthening the time it sprays..might take the other hole in the cam, or a different cam.  Of course, changing the pv make make it transition to the power circuit quicker as well :)




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Re: Installed wide band gauge
« Reply #17 on: June 29, 2016 - 10:44:45 AM »
I found this article to have some good info on tuning with the wideband gauge.

http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/engine/hrdp-1210-on-the-road-holley-carb-tuning/

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Re: Installed wide band gauge
« Reply #18 on: June 29, 2016 - 11:33:58 AM »
Both reads are good. The one consistent difference seems to be on the power valve choice when a stick car is involved. From the page posted by 73440, he says to choose by 2 numbers less than vacuum reading. CUDA JAS's page says to use the half method. Holley says try both. I have 11-12ish so i picked up a 5.5. When I put that in it will take longer for the valve to open. How do you know if you want that or want it to open sooner? As for the secondary spring, it looks like it might just cover the lean spot but might not be the correct way to fix that.   
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Re: Installed wide band gauge
« Reply #19 on: June 29, 2016 - 06:24:14 PM »
Neat! Installing just the black spring leaned it out quite a bit. Normal cruise was 13.7-14.9 2k rpm in 4th gear. At wot it went down to 10 for a split second and went to 12.5. However one thing that didnt happen was the tires lighting up like it did the other day. Maybe cause its hot as heck and the road is extra sticky. There was no lean spot this time but maybe the black spring stopped the secondaries from opening at all. So what would I do at this point? 
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Re: Installed wide band gauge
« Reply #20 on: June 29, 2016 - 06:59:26 PM »
Change the (heavy) black spring to the (middle) Grey (natural) color spring. The heavy black spring keeps the secondary side closed so you can tune the primary side easier. BE CAREFUL!  :burnout:
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Re: Installed wide band gauge
« Reply #21 on: June 29, 2016 - 07:42:02 PM »
I found this article to have some good info on tuning with the wideband gauge.

http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/engine/hrdp-1210-on-the-road-holley-carb-tuning/

Jason


Nice article, when I get mine running this will help.
67 440
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73 Barracuda w/ 68 440
65 Plymouth Fury III , I sold ,was my Nana's car till 92 yo.
51 Ford F1 239 Flathead, flipped , new cab , stolen
59 BelAir 283 4 door original patina
01 Chevy van 420, 520 miles
06 Crown Vic Police Interceptor
75 HD Ironhead converted to RH shift
73 HD Ironhead
82 HD Ironhead
74 Norton 850
80 HD Shovelhead
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