Stack-O-Carbs

There's been a short break in blog land because of trying to get ready for The Chihuahua Express. It's been some hectic days getting things together for the race. Just finishing whats half done and trying to find the right jetting combination for the carburetor has been challenging.
So what do jets do? They give the carburetor the right air/fuel mixture, not too lean, not too rich, so it runs at its best. This is kind of old school because nowadays cars use fuel injection and it's all computerized.
We started with a Holley, an old respected name in carburetors, that Rick had, that he modified by chopping off the air horn and choke assembly. Well that didn't work, and we blamed it on it being an old carburetor and a funky hack job. So, we get another Holley, the same one, but brand new and try modifying that one. The thing about Holley's is, they don't modify real good, they're made to to do what they do, and that's it, you try to reinvent it, forget it.
Finally we got smart and bought a Demon carburetor and a box of jets. Demon's are made by a guy who worked for Holley, and improved their design.
At first the car still ran lean, just not right, but a phone call to Demon's tech line, who told us to reset it like it came out of the box, a new set of plugs, and a little more fiddling around, the thing's running pretty good. Now if we can get the jetting right so it runs good at sea level, it should be easy to get it to run at 6000 feet.......yea sure, easy.

Next Time: We gotta go!
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