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[L\Bronco]

Wait when you go to buy the two small corner rubber pieces on the cap--it cost me $66 EACH. Better take you hbm

Thanks for the heads up

 

[Js32274]

Check out my pics
I’m only a few weeks ahead of you. If I can help let me know. Mine is a 79 ranger also

 

[L\Bronco]

Check out my pics
I’m only a few weeks ahead of you. If I can help let me know. Mine is a 79 ranger also

I saw a couple picts earlier, She looks good, does it need much work?

 

[L\Bronco]

Check out my pics
I’m only a few weeks ahead of you. If I can help let me know. Mine is a 79 ranger also

Do you have more picts?

 

[johnnyreb]

Check out my pics
I’m only a few weeks ahead of you. If I can help let me know. Mine is a 79 ranger also

Js are you

Check out my pics
I’m only a few weeks ahead of you. If I can help let me know. Mine is a 79 ranger also

 

[johnnyreb]

Js are you having water coming in the front floor during heavy rains? If so--watch the vents on the side and on the drivers side--behind the emergency brake, The cause of it is the small drain at the bottom of the big bulge. Its behind the fender. The water comes in from the wiper area and flows into the bulge . Over time it fills up with leaves -dirt and gets stopped up and the water travels in through the vent into the floor. I cut big holes in the bottom of the bulges and that solve my problem. Now you can take a 5 gallon bucket of water and dump it into the wiper area and it shots water out the bottom and NO WATER ENTERS THE CAB.

 

[Tiha]

Do you have any experience or knowledge about the Holley 650 4 barrel? I bought one and was thinking of any tricks on it . To improve the vaccum opening the barrels faster.

To get the most out of a Vacuum secondary holley, there is linkage on the driver's side throttle shafts. If you put a tiny bolt or ***** in it, then it will pull the secondaries open as the primaries open.

Any yes as mentioned it will be lean. It can create lag and backfires if opened too fast, But you can increase the size of the squirters in the primaries to compensate for most of it.

I hate holleys. But they work. Quadrajet actually can be as good but it takes a little more work than a holley. There is probably 100 times the information and 10 times the parts for tuning a holley vs really any other carb out there.

 

[johnnyreb]

Thank you, It's a bit of a job for sure. My goal is a daily driver that will run on pump gas. I have quite a few vintage rides, and the ever increasing volume of ethanol in fuel is making carburetor tuning and maintenance a full time gig!
And FYI, I'm doing the whole build without any major mods to the body, so I can plop the body back on the 79 frame and put the old harness back in any time. (I didn't **** a Bronco for this)
Again, I am looking forward to interacting with other members, it seems like a fantastic group!
Cheers

I think I,ll make my own fuel. The government sure doesn,t know how to do anything at all,but ***** up everything they touch.

 

[johnnyreb]

To get the most out of a Vacuum secondary holley, there is linkage on the driver's side throttle shafts. If you put a tiny bolt or ***** in it, then it will pull the secondaries open as the primaries open.

Any yes as mentioned it will be lean. It can create lag and backfires if opened too fast, But you can increase the size of the squirters in the primaries to compensate for most of it.

I hate holleys. But they work. Quadrajet actually can be as good but it takes a little more work than a holley. There is probably 100 times the information and 10 times the parts for tuning a holley vs really any other carb out there.

Tiha,I,ll try and get some pictures of a Quad today and show you how easy and fast you can make one. You better be ready when she opens.haha

 

[Jimbo26]

There's always the good ol Carter AFB.
Edlebrock makes a fair interpretation of it as well.