so i have about 1200 miles on my new engine..it is a mild 355. xe268 cam, flat top pistons, stock vortec heads, performer rpm intake and of course the performer 600cfm electric choke edelbrock carb.
i have read in a few articles about how crummy gas is these days and after about 1000 miles on my car my pipes had not started to tan out...so i decided to try some better gas...110 octane torco (performance gasolines). after about 50 miles with torco in there my pipes instantly started to turn white. i did this because i had some suspicion to a lean feeling at wot. and i have read in many articles that the 1406 edelbrock is staged lean out of the box for economy. and guess what fuel economy is not what i am trying to achieve with this engine i want power. and yes i know a million people will tell me to get a holley i already have the edelbrock and i want to make it run right on the car. i have purchased the metering kit from edelbrock for this carb and my question is...
i have the timing tuned it with a crane advance kit and its all in at 2800 rpms.
so now what combination should i richen it up to. which springs rods and jets should i switch out too. i have read the manual and it just confuses me haha wondering if anyone has a similar engine build and had the same issues and what they did to make the carb tweak in better. i have already adjusted the floats they were way off. so next step is the metering kit...i would assume.
i have read in a few articles about how crummy gas is these days and after about 1000 miles on my car my pipes had not started to tan out...so i decided to try some better gas...110 octane torco (performance gasolines). after about 50 miles with torco in there my pipes instantly started to turn white. i did this because i had some suspicion to a lean feeling at wot. and i have read in many articles that the 1406 edelbrock is staged lean out of the box for economy. and guess what fuel economy is not what i am trying to achieve with this engine i want power. and yes i know a million people will tell me to get a holley i already have the edelbrock and i want to make it run right on the car. i have purchased the metering kit from edelbrock for this carb and my question is...
i have the timing tuned it with a crane advance kit and its all in at 2800 rpms.
so now what combination should i richen it up to. which springs rods and jets should i switch out too. i have read the manual and it just confuses me haha wondering if anyone has a similar engine build and had the same issues and what they did to make the carb tweak in better. i have already adjusted the floats they were way off. so next step is the metering kit...i would assume.