<VV> LM carbs - TMI

[Eric S. Eberhard]

Sometimes this list just gives me "too much information".  I start 
the day with a perfectly running car.  I read something, like how bad 
mismatched carbs are, so I set out to "fix" it.  Never mind that it 
runs perfectly.  So in the end, after much time and dollars spent -- 
and with a hint of luck -- it runs almost as good as when I 
started.  Great fun though :-) !

So ... if it runs fine I'd leave it alone.  I think smog carbs are a 
little more accurate but not always leaner.  They may give a little 
less power.  And after 100k miles perhaps one side will wear slightly 
differently than the other ... or you could "fix it"


At 12:59 PM 5/1/2006, you wrote:

>  I'd say it's pretty bad. You're right, one side will
>run much leaner (the side with the smog carb). The '68
>not only doesn't have the Idle Enrichment etc, but
>it's got an air bleed in the throat to make it run
>even more lean. There will probably also be a
>noticeable hesitation in acceleration. I'd expect it
>to ping like crazy. Been there, done that...
>  I'd change the '68 out for a '65 now.
>
>  Mike
>  YS-117
>
>--- mhicks130 at cox.net wrote:
>
> > How bad is it to run different late model (65-69)
> > carbs on a 2 carb engine?  Say a '68 and a '65.  The
> > '68 supposedly doesn't have the power enrichment so
> > one side could be leaner than the other, right?  How
> > bad is that?  Inquiring minds want to know.
> >
> > And also, how will this affect pinging ;)
> >
> > mike
>
>
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