Hi All,
I recently installed a Holley Street Warrior 600 CFM with Vacuum Secondaries and an Electric Choke. Once I got a trans kickdown that fit properly (or seems to). The fast idle was set very high around 1500 RPM (which is the factory setting according to the manual). I looked in the car manual and saw that the suggested RPMs for my set-up (351 4V Auto trans) is 625/500 (I assume that's 625- fast idle and 500- curb idle). After futzing with the Fast idle bolt, it seemed like the engine was idling around 625, but it sounded like it was struggling a little. I called it a day, and came back the next day to try adjusting the idle mixture screws and I think I might have gotten a little overzealous going back and forth between carb adjustments and starting the engine up. I could not keep the engine idling, heard a loud pop. I waited a while, tried again and the carb backfired, shooting a flame out the top. I waited a while, and got the engine to idle just enough to back the car into the garage for the night. The next day, i tried cranking the engine and heard a grinding noise and smoke coming from the battery. I tried jumping the battery and it seemed to start fine. Then I noticed a smell. I shut the car off and noticed the vinyl covering the ground cable which connected the frame of the car to the negative battery terminal had begun melting. I took the battery (Autocraft Silver) to Advance Autoparts to run a diagnostic on the battery. "Bad sale" was what the cashier said once the diagnostic completed (which only took one or two minutes), and they gave me a new Diehard Silver under warranty. I haven't put the new battery in yet, but I wanted to ask the vets on here what I'm doing wrong before I venture to try and "fix" anymore issues.
P.S. What does rank FNG stand for? I assume "friggin' new guy" because that's how I feel right now.
I recently installed a Holley Street Warrior 600 CFM with Vacuum Secondaries and an Electric Choke. Once I got a trans kickdown that fit properly (or seems to). The fast idle was set very high around 1500 RPM (which is the factory setting according to the manual). I looked in the car manual and saw that the suggested RPMs for my set-up (351 4V Auto trans) is 625/500 (I assume that's 625- fast idle and 500- curb idle). After futzing with the Fast idle bolt, it seemed like the engine was idling around 625, but it sounded like it was struggling a little. I called it a day, and came back the next day to try adjusting the idle mixture screws and I think I might have gotten a little overzealous going back and forth between carb adjustments and starting the engine up. I could not keep the engine idling, heard a loud pop. I waited a while, tried again and the carb backfired, shooting a flame out the top. I waited a while, and got the engine to idle just enough to back the car into the garage for the night. The next day, i tried cranking the engine and heard a grinding noise and smoke coming from the battery. I tried jumping the battery and it seemed to start fine. Then I noticed a smell. I shut the car off and noticed the vinyl covering the ground cable which connected the frame of the car to the negative battery terminal had begun melting. I took the battery (Autocraft Silver) to Advance Autoparts to run a diagnostic on the battery. "Bad sale" was what the cashier said once the diagnostic completed (which only took one or two minutes), and they gave me a new Diehard Silver under warranty. I haven't put the new battery in yet, but I wanted to ask the vets on here what I'm doing wrong before I venture to try and "fix" anymore issues.
P.S. What does rank FNG stand for? I assume "friggin' new guy" because that's how I feel right now.