It was the carb!

[ErikH]

In case anyone cares, I fixed my horrible idle by replacing the carb. It was that simple... yet expensive.

QUESTION: I'm not going to keep the carb I temporarily installed, so which carb should I finally go with? People here praise the Edlebrock 1901, but man, they're exepensive. I HAD good luck on the trails with the 1405, which is about half the price of the 1901. But does anyone have any other rec's?

 

[LKJR]

Well I"m glad you found it man, those little things are agravating I know. congats sorry it was so expensive those little bits hurt the wallet too.

Like em big and topless
Excuse me...Would you mind removing your import from under my chevy?

 

[Steve_Chin]

Cool that you found the problem. As for a recommendation on what kind of carburetor, when I need a new carburetor, I go to the J-yards and find a Quadrajet off of whatever make it is I'm looking for one (in this case, a Chevy). Then I clean and build it, rejetting it so it will run with the camming, displacement, and other parameters of the engine involved.