<VV> Re: JUDSON ISSUES

[Eric S. Eberhard]

I bought my sedan with unknown miles (odo read 33k and we believe it 
has not rolled over) after sitting in a vacant lot for 6 years.   I 
did very little to get it running and the engine has never been 
opened.  I put the Judson AND Offy valve cover breathers (lucky me I 
guess, but I saw a set for sale and heard they were good for blower 
cars).  I ran it 15k miles without any trouble except the bad carb 
behavior.  Carb heat is unlikely a problem because I can fry an egg 
on the carb before turning it on (it is 105 here today).  I had the 
carb rebuilt and it made no discernable change.  I used a spare carb 
I had, same result.  With the new engine and the rebuilt carb, it is 
still the same!  I bet that carb just does not have the driveability 
my stock Spyder has which is not atypical for older after market stuff.

But nobody answered me regarding the use of the Holley 390!!!  Any hints?

At 06:02 PM 6/15/2006, you wrote:
>using my bad memory again , i had a judson on a NEW 64 coupe for a short
>time.  its main issues were no carb heat and it overpowered the vent 
>system so it
>would blow oil out of the crancase.  this was on a new car only a few weeks
>old so wear was not an issue yet.  the carb like 4 barrel conversions of that
>era had frost down the throats  due to lack of heat there.    i gave 
>up on it.
>  i would bet thats at least part of the trouble.  just like most add on
>manifolds or headers on v8 hot rods..great looking but hard to get 
>the bugs out. a
>lot more to it than meets the eye..
>regards, tim colson
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