Carburetor woes
#131
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Re: Carburetor woes
On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 07:23:30 -0400, Shaggie <blah@blah.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 02:45:08 GMT, Jim85CJ <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>"stock as far as I know except for headers/dual exhaust, edelbrock
>>performer intake, holley 670 carb, and open-element air cleaner."
>>
>>LMAO
>
Oh yeah, and I put one of those Davis Unified Ignitions on it too.
Maybe that gives me a few more hp but I'd guess I'm still at 200 hp
or lower.
>heh heh. I swear I wasn't trying to be funny, just trying to give an
>accurate description of the engine. I was trying to say that nothing
>really radical had been done to it. Factory cam (I guess), hasn't
>been bored out (I don't think), etc, etc. Looking online I find:
>
>AMC 304 1972-'78
>Bore x Stroke 3.75" x 3.44"
>Displacement 304 (4.98L)
>Compression Ratio 8.4:1
>Horsepower (gross) 150@4400
>Torque (gross) 245@2600
>Main Bearings 5
>Valve Configuration OHV
>Fuel 2bbl
>
>So 150 hp from the factory. I figure that between the headers/dual
>exhaust, intake and 4bbl carb and accounting for it not all being set
>up optimally that 180 hp is a reasonable guess at what I'm making
>right now with my "stock" engine. :-)
>Source for above data:
>http://www.jeepgod.net/304.html
--
Less drivel, more Dremel.
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields
>On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 02:45:08 GMT, Jim85CJ <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>"stock as far as I know except for headers/dual exhaust, edelbrock
>>performer intake, holley 670 carb, and open-element air cleaner."
>>
>>LMAO
>
Oh yeah, and I put one of those Davis Unified Ignitions on it too.
Maybe that gives me a few more hp but I'd guess I'm still at 200 hp
or lower.
>heh heh. I swear I wasn't trying to be funny, just trying to give an
>accurate description of the engine. I was trying to say that nothing
>really radical had been done to it. Factory cam (I guess), hasn't
>been bored out (I don't think), etc, etc. Looking online I find:
>
>AMC 304 1972-'78
>Bore x Stroke 3.75" x 3.44"
>Displacement 304 (4.98L)
>Compression Ratio 8.4:1
>Horsepower (gross) 150@4400
>Torque (gross) 245@2600
>Main Bearings 5
>Valve Configuration OHV
>Fuel 2bbl
>
>So 150 hp from the factory. I figure that between the headers/dual
>exhaust, intake and 4bbl carb and accounting for it not all being set
>up optimally that 180 hp is a reasonable guess at what I'm making
>right now with my "stock" engine. :-)
>Source for above data:
>http://www.jeepgod.net/304.html
--
Less drivel, more Dremel.
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields
#132
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Re: Carburetor woes
On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 07:23:30 -0400, Shaggie <blah@blah.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 02:45:08 GMT, Jim85CJ <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>"stock as far as I know except for headers/dual exhaust, edelbrock
>>performer intake, holley 670 carb, and open-element air cleaner."
>>
>>LMAO
>
Oh yeah, and I put one of those Davis Unified Ignitions on it too.
Maybe that gives me a few more hp but I'd guess I'm still at 200 hp
or lower.
>heh heh. I swear I wasn't trying to be funny, just trying to give an
>accurate description of the engine. I was trying to say that nothing
>really radical had been done to it. Factory cam (I guess), hasn't
>been bored out (I don't think), etc, etc. Looking online I find:
>
>AMC 304 1972-'78
>Bore x Stroke 3.75" x 3.44"
>Displacement 304 (4.98L)
>Compression Ratio 8.4:1
>Horsepower (gross) 150@4400
>Torque (gross) 245@2600
>Main Bearings 5
>Valve Configuration OHV
>Fuel 2bbl
>
>So 150 hp from the factory. I figure that between the headers/dual
>exhaust, intake and 4bbl carb and accounting for it not all being set
>up optimally that 180 hp is a reasonable guess at what I'm making
>right now with my "stock" engine. :-)
>Source for above data:
>http://www.jeepgod.net/304.html
--
Less drivel, more Dremel.
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields
>On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 02:45:08 GMT, Jim85CJ <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>"stock as far as I know except for headers/dual exhaust, edelbrock
>>performer intake, holley 670 carb, and open-element air cleaner."
>>
>>LMAO
>
Oh yeah, and I put one of those Davis Unified Ignitions on it too.
Maybe that gives me a few more hp but I'd guess I'm still at 200 hp
or lower.
>heh heh. I swear I wasn't trying to be funny, just trying to give an
>accurate description of the engine. I was trying to say that nothing
>really radical had been done to it. Factory cam (I guess), hasn't
>been bored out (I don't think), etc, etc. Looking online I find:
>
>AMC 304 1972-'78
>Bore x Stroke 3.75" x 3.44"
>Displacement 304 (4.98L)
>Compression Ratio 8.4:1
>Horsepower (gross) 150@4400
>Torque (gross) 245@2600
>Main Bearings 5
>Valve Configuration OHV
>Fuel 2bbl
>
>So 150 hp from the factory. I figure that between the headers/dual
>exhaust, intake and 4bbl carb and accounting for it not all being set
>up optimally that 180 hp is a reasonable guess at what I'm making
>right now with my "stock" engine. :-)
>Source for above data:
>http://www.jeepgod.net/304.html
--
Less drivel, more Dremel.
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields
#133
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Re: Carburetor woes
On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 07:23:30 -0400, Shaggie <blah@blah.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 02:45:08 GMT, Jim85CJ <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>"stock as far as I know except for headers/dual exhaust, edelbrock
>>performer intake, holley 670 carb, and open-element air cleaner."
>>
>>LMAO
>
Oh yeah, and I put one of those Davis Unified Ignitions on it too.
Maybe that gives me a few more hp but I'd guess I'm still at 200 hp
or lower.
>heh heh. I swear I wasn't trying to be funny, just trying to give an
>accurate description of the engine. I was trying to say that nothing
>really radical had been done to it. Factory cam (I guess), hasn't
>been bored out (I don't think), etc, etc. Looking online I find:
>
>AMC 304 1972-'78
>Bore x Stroke 3.75" x 3.44"
>Displacement 304 (4.98L)
>Compression Ratio 8.4:1
>Horsepower (gross) 150@4400
>Torque (gross) 245@2600
>Main Bearings 5
>Valve Configuration OHV
>Fuel 2bbl
>
>So 150 hp from the factory. I figure that between the headers/dual
>exhaust, intake and 4bbl carb and accounting for it not all being set
>up optimally that 180 hp is a reasonable guess at what I'm making
>right now with my "stock" engine. :-)
>Source for above data:
>http://www.jeepgod.net/304.html
--
Less drivel, more Dremel.
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields
>On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 02:45:08 GMT, Jim85CJ <jim_85cj@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>"stock as far as I know except for headers/dual exhaust, edelbrock
>>performer intake, holley 670 carb, and open-element air cleaner."
>>
>>LMAO
>
Oh yeah, and I put one of those Davis Unified Ignitions on it too.
Maybe that gives me a few more hp but I'd guess I'm still at 200 hp
or lower.
>heh heh. I swear I wasn't trying to be funny, just trying to give an
>accurate description of the engine. I was trying to say that nothing
>really radical had been done to it. Factory cam (I guess), hasn't
>been bored out (I don't think), etc, etc. Looking online I find:
>
>AMC 304 1972-'78
>Bore x Stroke 3.75" x 3.44"
>Displacement 304 (4.98L)
>Compression Ratio 8.4:1
>Horsepower (gross) 150@4400
>Torque (gross) 245@2600
>Main Bearings 5
>Valve Configuration OHV
>Fuel 2bbl
>
>So 150 hp from the factory. I figure that between the headers/dual
>exhaust, intake and 4bbl carb and accounting for it not all being set
>up optimally that 180 hp is a reasonable guess at what I'm making
>right now with my "stock" engine. :-)
>Source for above data:
>http://www.jeepgod.net/304.html
--
Less drivel, more Dremel.
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite,
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
- W.C. Fields
#134
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Re: Carburetor woes
You cheat by coping the success of other engine builders, and buy a
book with those specs, like I did for my Chevrolet small block:
http://www.----------.com/chevyPower.jpg You may have to search the swap
meets to find a book on hod rodding a Javelin engine, though. I can tell
you that your year engine may gain fifty horsepower by just advancing
the cam with a half key.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Shaggie wrote:
>
> I'm flattered by that statement, Bill, but there is at least one
> reason I couldn't blueprint it for more than a horsepower per cubic
> inch, that being that I don't know what I'm doing well enough to do
> that. :-) Hell, I had to ask for advice to confirm my suspicion that
> my float level was set to high on my carburetor, and it took me WAAAY
> too long to track down the vacuum leak that was causing me so much
> trouble after the intake/carb swap.
book with those specs, like I did for my Chevrolet small block:
http://www.----------.com/chevyPower.jpg You may have to search the swap
meets to find a book on hod rodding a Javelin engine, though. I can tell
you that your year engine may gain fifty horsepower by just advancing
the cam with a half key.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Shaggie wrote:
>
> I'm flattered by that statement, Bill, but there is at least one
> reason I couldn't blueprint it for more than a horsepower per cubic
> inch, that being that I don't know what I'm doing well enough to do
> that. :-) Hell, I had to ask for advice to confirm my suspicion that
> my float level was set to high on my carburetor, and it took me WAAAY
> too long to track down the vacuum leak that was causing me so much
> trouble after the intake/carb swap.
#135
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Re: Carburetor woes
You cheat by coping the success of other engine builders, and buy a
book with those specs, like I did for my Chevrolet small block:
http://www.----------.com/chevyPower.jpg You may have to search the swap
meets to find a book on hod rodding a Javelin engine, though. I can tell
you that your year engine may gain fifty horsepower by just advancing
the cam with a half key.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Shaggie wrote:
>
> I'm flattered by that statement, Bill, but there is at least one
> reason I couldn't blueprint it for more than a horsepower per cubic
> inch, that being that I don't know what I'm doing well enough to do
> that. :-) Hell, I had to ask for advice to confirm my suspicion that
> my float level was set to high on my carburetor, and it took me WAAAY
> too long to track down the vacuum leak that was causing me so much
> trouble after the intake/carb swap.
book with those specs, like I did for my Chevrolet small block:
http://www.----------.com/chevyPower.jpg You may have to search the swap
meets to find a book on hod rodding a Javelin engine, though. I can tell
you that your year engine may gain fifty horsepower by just advancing
the cam with a half key.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Shaggie wrote:
>
> I'm flattered by that statement, Bill, but there is at least one
> reason I couldn't blueprint it for more than a horsepower per cubic
> inch, that being that I don't know what I'm doing well enough to do
> that. :-) Hell, I had to ask for advice to confirm my suspicion that
> my float level was set to high on my carburetor, and it took me WAAAY
> too long to track down the vacuum leak that was causing me so much
> trouble after the intake/carb swap.
#136
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Posts: n/a
Re: Carburetor woes
You cheat by coping the success of other engine builders, and buy a
book with those specs, like I did for my Chevrolet small block:
http://www.----------.com/chevyPower.jpg You may have to search the swap
meets to find a book on hod rodding a Javelin engine, though. I can tell
you that your year engine may gain fifty horsepower by just advancing
the cam with a half key.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Shaggie wrote:
>
> I'm flattered by that statement, Bill, but there is at least one
> reason I couldn't blueprint it for more than a horsepower per cubic
> inch, that being that I don't know what I'm doing well enough to do
> that. :-) Hell, I had to ask for advice to confirm my suspicion that
> my float level was set to high on my carburetor, and it took me WAAAY
> too long to track down the vacuum leak that was causing me so much
> trouble after the intake/carb swap.
book with those specs, like I did for my Chevrolet small block:
http://www.----------.com/chevyPower.jpg You may have to search the swap
meets to find a book on hod rodding a Javelin engine, though. I can tell
you that your year engine may gain fifty horsepower by just advancing
the cam with a half key.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Shaggie wrote:
>
> I'm flattered by that statement, Bill, but there is at least one
> reason I couldn't blueprint it for more than a horsepower per cubic
> inch, that being that I don't know what I'm doing well enough to do
> that. :-) Hell, I had to ask for advice to confirm my suspicion that
> my float level was set to high on my carburetor, and it took me WAAAY
> too long to track down the vacuum leak that was causing me so much
> trouble after the intake/carb swap.
#137
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: Carburetor woes
You cheat by coping the success of other engine builders, and buy a
book with those specs, like I did for my Chevrolet small block:
http://www.----------.com/chevyPower.jpg You may have to search the swap
meets to find a book on hod rodding a Javelin engine, though. I can tell
you that your year engine may gain fifty horsepower by just advancing
the cam with a half key.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Shaggie wrote:
>
> I'm flattered by that statement, Bill, but there is at least one
> reason I couldn't blueprint it for more than a horsepower per cubic
> inch, that being that I don't know what I'm doing well enough to do
> that. :-) Hell, I had to ask for advice to confirm my suspicion that
> my float level was set to high on my carburetor, and it took me WAAAY
> too long to track down the vacuum leak that was causing me so much
> trouble after the intake/carb swap.
book with those specs, like I did for my Chevrolet small block:
http://www.----------.com/chevyPower.jpg You may have to search the swap
meets to find a book on hod rodding a Javelin engine, though. I can tell
you that your year engine may gain fifty horsepower by just advancing
the cam with a half key.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------
Shaggie wrote:
>
> I'm flattered by that statement, Bill, but there is at least one
> reason I couldn't blueprint it for more than a horsepower per cubic
> inch, that being that I don't know what I'm doing well enough to do
> that. :-) Hell, I had to ask for advice to confirm my suspicion that
> my float level was set to high on my carburetor, and it took me WAAAY
> too long to track down the vacuum leak that was causing me so much
> trouble after the intake/carb swap.
#138
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Re: Carburetor woes
Or, with a shoehorn and $15,294 you can have 525 hp
http://tinyurl.com/323ob
-Brian
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:40C35C42.663A38E7@***.net...
: You cheat by coping the success of other engine builders, and buy a
: book with those specs, like I did for my Chevrolet small block:
: http://www.----------.com/chevyPower.jpg You may have to search the swap
: meets to find a book on hod rodding a Javelin engine, though. I can tell
: you that your year engine may gain fifty horsepower by just advancing
: the cam with a half key.
: God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
: mailto:--------------------
:
: Shaggie wrote:
: >
: > I'm flattered by that statement, Bill, but there is at least one
: > reason I couldn't blueprint it for more than a horsepower per cubic
: > inch, that being that I don't know what I'm doing well enough to do
: > that. :-) Hell, I had to ask for advice to confirm my suspicion that
: > my float level was set to high on my carburetor, and it took me WAAAY
: > too long to track down the vacuum leak that was causing me so much
: > trouble after the intake/carb swap.
http://tinyurl.com/323ob
-Brian
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:40C35C42.663A38E7@***.net...
: You cheat by coping the success of other engine builders, and buy a
: book with those specs, like I did for my Chevrolet small block:
: http://www.----------.com/chevyPower.jpg You may have to search the swap
: meets to find a book on hod rodding a Javelin engine, though. I can tell
: you that your year engine may gain fifty horsepower by just advancing
: the cam with a half key.
: God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
: mailto:--------------------
:
: Shaggie wrote:
: >
: > I'm flattered by that statement, Bill, but there is at least one
: > reason I couldn't blueprint it for more than a horsepower per cubic
: > inch, that being that I don't know what I'm doing well enough to do
: > that. :-) Hell, I had to ask for advice to confirm my suspicion that
: > my float level was set to high on my carburetor, and it took me WAAAY
: > too long to track down the vacuum leak that was causing me so much
: > trouble after the intake/carb swap.
#139
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Re: Carburetor woes
Or, with a shoehorn and $15,294 you can have 525 hp
http://tinyurl.com/323ob
-Brian
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:40C35C42.663A38E7@***.net...
: You cheat by coping the success of other engine builders, and buy a
: book with those specs, like I did for my Chevrolet small block:
: http://www.----------.com/chevyPower.jpg You may have to search the swap
: meets to find a book on hod rodding a Javelin engine, though. I can tell
: you that your year engine may gain fifty horsepower by just advancing
: the cam with a half key.
: God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
: mailto:--------------------
:
: Shaggie wrote:
: >
: > I'm flattered by that statement, Bill, but there is at least one
: > reason I couldn't blueprint it for more than a horsepower per cubic
: > inch, that being that I don't know what I'm doing well enough to do
: > that. :-) Hell, I had to ask for advice to confirm my suspicion that
: > my float level was set to high on my carburetor, and it took me WAAAY
: > too long to track down the vacuum leak that was causing me so much
: > trouble after the intake/carb swap.
http://tinyurl.com/323ob
-Brian
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:40C35C42.663A38E7@***.net...
: You cheat by coping the success of other engine builders, and buy a
: book with those specs, like I did for my Chevrolet small block:
: http://www.----------.com/chevyPower.jpg You may have to search the swap
: meets to find a book on hod rodding a Javelin engine, though. I can tell
: you that your year engine may gain fifty horsepower by just advancing
: the cam with a half key.
: God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
: mailto:--------------------
:
: Shaggie wrote:
: >
: > I'm flattered by that statement, Bill, but there is at least one
: > reason I couldn't blueprint it for more than a horsepower per cubic
: > inch, that being that I don't know what I'm doing well enough to do
: > that. :-) Hell, I had to ask for advice to confirm my suspicion that
: > my float level was set to high on my carburetor, and it took me WAAAY
: > too long to track down the vacuum leak that was causing me so much
: > trouble after the intake/carb swap.
#140
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Posts: n/a
Re: Carburetor woes
Or, with a shoehorn and $15,294 you can have 525 hp
http://tinyurl.com/323ob
-Brian
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:40C35C42.663A38E7@***.net...
: You cheat by coping the success of other engine builders, and buy a
: book with those specs, like I did for my Chevrolet small block:
: http://www.----------.com/chevyPower.jpg You may have to search the swap
: meets to find a book on hod rodding a Javelin engine, though. I can tell
: you that your year engine may gain fifty horsepower by just advancing
: the cam with a half key.
: God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
: mailto:--------------------
:
: Shaggie wrote:
: >
: > I'm flattered by that statement, Bill, but there is at least one
: > reason I couldn't blueprint it for more than a horsepower per cubic
: > inch, that being that I don't know what I'm doing well enough to do
: > that. :-) Hell, I had to ask for advice to confirm my suspicion that
: > my float level was set to high on my carburetor, and it took me WAAAY
: > too long to track down the vacuum leak that was causing me so much
: > trouble after the intake/carb swap.
http://tinyurl.com/323ob
-Brian
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:40C35C42.663A38E7@***.net...
: You cheat by coping the success of other engine builders, and buy a
: book with those specs, like I did for my Chevrolet small block:
: http://www.----------.com/chevyPower.jpg You may have to search the swap
: meets to find a book on hod rodding a Javelin engine, though. I can tell
: you that your year engine may gain fifty horsepower by just advancing
: the cam with a half key.
: God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
: mailto:--------------------
:
: Shaggie wrote:
: >
: > I'm flattered by that statement, Bill, but there is at least one
: > reason I couldn't blueprint it for more than a horsepower per cubic
: > inch, that being that I don't know what I'm doing well enough to do
: > that. :-) Hell, I had to ask for advice to confirm my suspicion that
: > my float level was set to high on my carburetor, and it took me WAAAY
: > too long to track down the vacuum leak that was causing me so much
: > trouble after the intake/carb swap.