01-02-2011, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: West Suburbs,
IL
Cobra Make, Engine: Titanium SPF, 521 CID Gessford.
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Originally Posted by Eric 1151
I used to have the same problem with my SPF. I wasn't starving for fuel, the heat under the hood was boiling the fuel in my carb when I shutoff and flooded the engine through the vents. If I held the throttle open and cranked, it would eventually start with a big cloud of black smoke.
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I do this for my 521. If it sits less than 10 minutes or so, I make sure to hold the throttle open for about 30 seconds when I get in. It will fire up, but does shoot out some smoke. It only happens in the heat.
When I drove it in VERY hot temps, say 110+ in Vegas, it really didn't want to idle and had significantly more trouble starting. Idling in traffic it did not like. If I moved to Vegas, I guess I'd need to address this.
My 14" air cleaner doesn't leave much room for a carb spacer. Maybe 1/4"? I guess I could look at doing that. Or lowering the floats.
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