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Old Oct 27, 2010 | 07:22 PM
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my 73 idles with a slight miss. i can see it on the tack and here it in the exaust at 65mph or more. if i put my foot to the floor it will spin up to the red line 6000 no problem. the ing system is an msd6al and coil tayler 8mm wires in the stock chrome ing shielding the dist is stock with a crane cam triger.the plugs are alittle white/tan color .the carb is a hp vac second 750 holley on an performer with the plate to seal the gaskets.rest of the engine is a stock L-82 9:01 . magna flow 2 1/2 exaust no headers trans is auto 2600 stall 11inch converter 355 gear ratio. cant find any vac leaks. its killing me. any help thanks
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Old Oct 27, 2010 | 07:59 PM
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You could have a lean idle miss at idle , try richening the idle mix screws or close the choke slightly and see if it makes any difference.
Do you have the AIR pump on the engine ?
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the carb has no choke. no air pump.tryed mix screws tried jet changes.maybe lean have 75 jets in front power valve is9.5 rear 76 jets no power valve. it will miss at a steady speed say 60mph is a slight miss. it seams like when i pick up speed to 60 its fine getting their thanks

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so what hppens when you richen up the idle circuit???
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I had a high RPM miss years ago, it drove me crazy. I eventully found a fine film of oil under the distributor cap. I replaced the distributor shaft seal and solved the problem.
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so what hppens when you richen up the idle circuit???
the engine will richen up to the point your eyes burn but no change in problem. sometimes at idle if u floor it it will fall on its face if i hold it there it will pop threw the carb or just stall. i played with differant squirter sizes and cams no change thanks

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