First Real Problem with new vette
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Racer
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First Real Problem with new vette
I have a eldelbrock carb and 350/350. Ran fine came home as I pulled into driveway and let off gas it died. Now very hard to move the vette without reving high and let clutch out slow or dies instantly. If I slowly bring rpms up to about a 1500 I can then rev. engine but if idiling and try to bring rpms up fast it coughs. Any ideas 
Drifting
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From: North Bend Ohio
Does it sit and idle ok? A vacuum leak is most troublesome at idle. You say you can't pop the throttle open quickly. This is an accelerator pump problem. May want to call the Edelbrock help line.
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St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by vette70
I have a eldelbrock carb and 350/350. Ran fine came home as I pulled into driveway and let off gas it died. Now very hard to move the vette without reving high and let clutch out slow or dies instantly. If I slowly bring rpms up to about a 1500 I can then rev. engine but if idiling and try to bring rpms up fast it coughs. Any ideas
Sounds almost identical to the symptoms I experienced on my initial drive home.
I wrote a depiction at my site too. Looking back it seems almost funny now. 
I took it to my mechanic and he said the carb need to be rebuilt. He said that would be $3-400!!
I ended up buying a new Edelbrock for about $200. Problem solved. Since that day, I've been doing everything myself.
