Spittin flame @ tail pipe!?!?!?!?!?
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Spittin flame @ tail pipe!?!?!?!?!?
ok heres scenario... on highway goin down hill @ 55 mph to save gas (300 T-18 4.10 4x4) i let the engine hold me back and POOF mad flamme outta my tail pipe. Shes a huge 1bbl carb. plugs are new within a month or 2. wires 6 months old. just started this within the past 2 days. FLUSTERED and help please!!!!
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your carb is most likely the problem
I hadan 86 with the one barrel cab and a 300l6 t18 and 3.55's
But i had a shorter pipe on it too so it was easier to spot. i rebuilt my carb and it stopped all together
I hadan 86 with the one barrel cab and a 300l6 t18 and 3.55's
But i had a shorter pipe on it too so it was easier to spot. i rebuilt my carb and it stopped all together
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i know my timing is ok. that the 1st thing i though. called my dad.. he told me to tap my barb lightly w/ a wrench or something. i was good to go for a good 3 miles then it started up again lol. I have a short tail pipe too... it got my attention when no 1 was around me in pitch black @aside from my head lights) i saw a flash o light from my passenger side. sure enough it was sweet but a bit startling.
btw jebadiah... what kind o gas mileage u get w/ ur stock 3.55's?
btw jebadiah... what kind o gas mileage u get w/ ur stock 3.55's?
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about 6 miles to the gallon. lol its not my Daily driver, its mostly driven mountain roads.
But i have gotten some VERY good gas miliage before keeping it around the 55 mph range.
And in about a week or two ill have that 460 in...and ill even be gettin worse, lol.
def near teh 20 mark maybe more.
The l6 can get good miliage if you work it right.
most of my miliage problem is that my foot NEVER gets off the floor. The pedal is pinned everwhere i go it seems like in my l6 if im road trippin it up i wil baby it around and at least double my miliage maybe even triple it. Just go slow, these old things werent made to race the rice rockets.
But i have gotten some VERY good gas miliage before keeping it around the 55 mph range.
And in about a week or two ill have that 460 in...and ill even be gettin worse, lol.
def near teh 20 mark maybe more.
The l6 can get good miliage if you work it right.
most of my miliage problem is that my foot NEVER gets off the floor. The pedal is pinned everwhere i go it seems like in my l6 if im road trippin it up i wil baby it around and at least double my miliage maybe even triple it. Just go slow, these old things werent made to race the rice rockets.
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hahah how i know. im gettin 12 @ a legit 50 mph. im 15 under the limit. time for an overdrive tranny, but gotta get the cash 1st. either that or time to get a 93-94 w/ the 5 sp.
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i like the 3.55's pretty well. It was my DD back in the day so they are pretty decent for driving around it. 3.08 are too high for any mountainous activity without low range asnd 4.10 are too low to run around on the freeway on.