02-28-2017, 12:50 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by steve meltzer
several years ago, i had the bowls off to fix some leaks...actually, i need to do that again. Don't recall making any float adjustments however. How might the need to increase the idle play into this, if at all? thanx for
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I can't think of any possible scenario where something wrong inside your carburetor could cause the the fuel pressure to be 9 psi from a mechanical pump. And the fact that the electric pump comes on with a 2 to 3 psi, and then levels off at 6 psi, would indicate that the pressure gauge is probably OK.
You know, the simplest, easiest, quickest, and least expensive test would be to just pull the two lines off your mechanical fuel pump and temporarily plug them together, fire her up, check the pressure on the gauge, and take her for a nice romp and see how she runs.
Last edited by patrickt; 02-28-2017 at 12:51 PM..
Reason: Edit -- with the electric fuel pump on, of course....
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