Dr Olds Burnout Machine

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Well, I plan on swapping Qjets between the 88 and my 70S tonight. Simple except running electric choke on the 70S and hot air on the 88. Mainly because my Daughter is driving the 88 and I am driving the 70S. Having a 1200 rpm idle in park is ridiculous. Of course sometimes it is 1000 rpm or less, almost positive the primary shaft bushings are wasted. Honestly these cars are very close in performance. The Everyday Performance tuned Qjet, 214/214 can and 2300 stall make it a close race despite 2.78 vs 3.42 gears. I am betting this swap will give the 88 a good advantage. I plan on getting a bushing kit, the slotted metric mixture screws and the high performance kit from Cliff Ruggles. I will also do the idle circuit mods, this carb is probably even more restrictive than the late 70's carbs which are all ready super lean. I am looking at about $150 US, $209 Canadian.
 
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I did the swap, the performance is about the same. For some reason the flexplate is contacting the plastic cover more now under full throttle, sounds like a blower😁. What a difference the cam makes for the idle screw setting. I turn the mixture screws in one turn and the APT another 1/2 turn and turned up the throttle screw maybe an 1/8 of a turn on the custom modified by Everyday Performance 76 403 800 cfm carb. The idle seamed high and it was, it was 500 rpm high with the choke fully open. I set it from 1500 to 1000 in park, maybe 750 in gear. Now the 83 Canadian Olds 307 800 cfm carb, same thing, except the opposite I had to crank up the idle screw up about 500 rpm. I have the idle screws pretty much all the way out. The exhaust stinks on this carb, maybe it is just super lean at idle. I seem to remember the last 83 307 carb I ran was passable at idle but was stupid lean at part throttle, a bad stumble. It is possible some played with the APT. I also swapped choke housings as I had blocked off the hot air port on the 76 carb but looks like I removed the blockage I was in the carb, still switched them. I had the choke on about the maximum setting on 83 carb for hot air where it would have maximum spring tension and still fully come off. I have the electric choke set fairly tight as well. So hot air still on the 88 and electric on the 70S. I also moved over the rear choke pull off onto the 76 carb for the 88. I actually have a canister Accel coil mounted on the 70S where that pull off goes. Funny part is the 83 has no big vent tube for a charcoal canister, so I stuck a fuel filter in the end of my charcoal canister on my 88 and a fuel filter and hose on the 70S, not necessary on either now. Hopefully the choke doesn't act up on the 76 carb and stick again, going to do a cold start on it today to test it out.
 
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I ended stealing all the choke parts off the 260 Dualjet, should have done it awhile ago. The 76 parts were sticking again without the washer. The Dualjet parts move as they should, a morning run will tell if it is working properly.
 
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If the distributor was not tightened down you might think you have developed an oil leak if you see drops of oil on the ground. I had a distributor not tightened down and it spewed out some oil.
Olds motors wont leak oil if the distributor is loose, they have a O-ring seal. Chevy's will leak bc they have a gasket under the flange.
 
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Olds motors wont leak oil if the distributor is loose, they have a O-ring seal. Chevy's will leak bc they have a gasket under the flange.
I have never seen a leak at the distributor in the 30 years I have ran the Olds V8, a good design. Plus no removing the distributor when doing an intake, unlike brand "c".
 
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Choke operated as it should, had to set down the fast idle down this morning, at 1500. Will see how it starts tomorrow morning and runs. Actually kicked down from the fast idle blipping the throttle, a good sign.
 
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I think this carb is tuned about perfect. One tap of the gas cold starts it and one tap to bring down the 1300 rpm fast idle to around 950, 1000 rpm when fully warm in park. I set the air door slightly tighter, it helped with the full throttle bog, I may go slightly more.
 
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Well, the pinion nut backed off again on my 88. My daughter noticed a strange gear grinding noise just as she came back into town, said it was fine till then. I take it for a small drive, a slight noise coming from the rear over bumps. I saw a dripping at the pinion seal. Checked the level, still full. The pinion I can move. This is the second time this has happened. I staked the pinion nut, obviously not well enough. I will try some mid strength Locktite.
 
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Well, the pinion nut backed off again on my 88. My daughter noticed a strange gear grinding noise just as she came back into town, said it was fine till then. I take it for a small drive, a slight noise coming from the rear over bumps. I saw a dripping at the pinion seal. Checked the level, still full. The pinion I can move. This is the second time this has happened. I staked the pinion nut, obviously not well enough. I will try some mid strength Locktite.
Red Locktite!
 
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