EdM
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- Joined
- Jun 5, 2014
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- My Car
- 1973 Mach 1 Q code, a 427 Dart based Windsor, Pro Flo 4, Tremec 5 speed, A/C, 12.7:1 steering conversion, SoT coil over and Dakota Digital dash.
The car has been up on the lift for close to a week so I thought I would drop it and run it a bit. The hood was cracked open (which should have clued me in) so I got in and attempted to start it. It barked, stumbled and blew an azzload of grey smoke, fuel. I stopped and realized I had the air cleaner off and a clean rag over the carburetor inlet. I installed the air cleaner and took it out for a ride. The exhaust seemed to clean up but as soon as I tried to accelerate it coughed, tach diving to zero with zero power, bounce up, bark, drop again. I am assuming carb? Blown power valve? Help please. As always, appreciated in advance.