WTF Edlabrock

[thor1982]

So I dropped a brand new 383 strocker new everything gas pump, oil pumb, cam, cranckshaft and a brand spanking new edlebrock thunder series AVS 650 cfm manual choke carb well after driving it for about 60 miles it stalled and low and ****ing behold it was on FIRE flames shooting out of the carb and i called edlebrock and I said what the f**k and they basically told me to get f**ked for the time being so to all running that carb do becarfull hopefully it was just a fluke

 

[bp71k5]

Why did it catch fire?

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

99% chance that its your fault that the carb caught fire.


Did you tune the carb at all?

What's the fuel pressure?

How many degrees of timing?

 

[jonrpick]

My 1406 caught fire too... of course it was probably because I was tuning it while hot, and then forgot to reconnect the fuel line properly because it was getting dark and I was in a hurry.

It took about 45 seconds to cause months of work...

 

[cuervo]

So I dropped a brand new 383 strocker new everything gas pump, oil pumb, cam, cranckshaft and a brand spanking new edlebrock thunder series AVS 650 cfm manual choke carb well after driving it for about 60 miles it stalled and low and ****ing behold it was on FIRE flames shooting out of the carb and i called edlebrock and I said what the f**k and they basically told me to get f**ked for the time being so to all running that carb do becarfull hopefully it was just a fluke

I'm gonna say it was your fault to.

They sell millions of those parts and when they catch fire it's something the user did or didn't do.

 

[toomany]

I've got the same carb...except with an electric choke. It's been on fire atleast 3 times. 2 were my fault, the other I was in a off camber situation and the motor backfired and lit it up. I've never really had any other troubles with it.

 

[wfo163]

Had a fire on a 1406 once. It was due to me messin' with the timing while the motor was running.

 

[USSkoval]

I've had a couple 1406's and never had any problems. Even after they sit for a long time, and they get bolted to a motor without freshening them up, no fires here.

 

[Randy92782]

Are you guys running air cleaners?? The only time i had a fire was when i wasn't running the breather Other than that when it'd backfire no actual fire

 

[toomany]

Are you guys running air cleaners?? The only time i had a fire was when i wasn't running the breather Other than that when it'd backfire no actual fire

The two that were my fault...no. I was adjusting the timming and had the air cleaner off.

The one where it did it on it's own had one on. Burned my K&N real quick.

 

[4xcrazy]

i'm gonna say he forgot to swap out that old air in the cylinders before reinstalling everything, new engines don't like that old stale air running around inside them for a very long time.

old air with fresh fuel most likely cause the fire to start.

 

[yellowK20]

edelbrock's are very picky about fuel pressure anything over 7 or 8 PSI and it forces the needle open and over fills the float bowl which an cause a fire

especially at higher RPM's (like highway speeds ) where the pump is pushing out way more fuel than the engine is using


Get a fuel pressure regulator you NEED one even with a stock fuel pump