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Fuel haze and rich idle problem

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#1 ·
Hey everybody,

I recently installed a QFT 650 cfm carb on my 355 chevy and im having some idle issues. The carb is a chokeless race carb with 4 corner idle.
The engine:

355 small block chevy, aluminum angle plug heads
Victor jr intake
Comp 280R solid roller cam 242/248@.050
11:1 compression,
12deg base timing with no vac advance.

the question i have, when the engine is warmed up idling it lets off a grey fuel haze and smells really rich. the AF meter that i have hooked up shows about 11.5:1 A/F. Neutral idle is 1100 rpm and when dropped in gear against a 3200 stall converter it drops down to about 800 rpm.

When driving the A/f stays rich, and wot wit 10:1 A/f.

when sitting at lights in gear or neutral their is always a haze of grey around the truck. So my question is, what tune is off, or how do you tune the idle of a 4 corner carb?
 
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#2 ·
whats you vacuum lookin like? power valve may need to be a 4.5 instead of the 6. also if you are rich while driving switch to smaller jets. or larger high speed air bleeds. jets first. get the afr right then tinker with the timing. you can get about 40hp in timing, seen it many times. i have a 355 with a thumpr cam and 78 primary jets and 80 in the rear makes a slight lean condition on the dyno at wot. no lean pop while driving normal tho. just a thought
 
#3 ·
try fully closing the rear idle screws too. if the throttle plates are barely cracked open back there you shouldnt need them at idle. my quick fuel is like that. 750hp conversion, billet metering blocks. rear idle screws are shut in on mine. idles fine. i had the haze and burning eyes, power valve for me but my idle vacuum was 9Hg. so the valve was open at idle. changed the pv and voila! hope its that simple for you. keep it simple.
 
#11 ·
why are you running a vacuum advance?
bump initial to 17 or 18 with out vacuum advance.make sure your total timing is less than 36,with out vacuum advance. check float levels and replace that PV just because you have the carb apart. use a 4.5 or 3.5.take 3 jet sizes out of primaries if its still super rich.
 
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