switch to alky

[00tbanshee]

can you switch your stock carbs over to alky? if so how do you go about?

[race-a-holic]

can you switch your stock carbs over to alky? if so how do you go about?

You probably can,but you would be better off with a

larger carb that could flow more air.

 

I think most of them change needles.Some modify the floats.Larger jets of course.

There may be more mods.?

You also have to change other things other than the carbs. to run alcohol.

Plugs,timing,fuel lines,etc...

[odaen]

I've seen stock carbs setup for alcohol for sale, so it must be doable. Whether you'd get good performance out of them......I dunno.

[Animalman294]

I agree, the stock carbs don't seem like they would work as good as aftermarkets that are designed for alky............ :beer:

[trex banshee]

like everyone else has said I don't thing you would want to waist money on the stock carbs. But yeh when I went to alky i had to run +7 timing, compression between 140-150, pingel valve and take all the stuff out of the stock tank lid and drill it out, B8ES plugs gapped at .018, they put bigger mains pilots and needles and drill out the side of your carb and put in another jet for when you are wide open. and then everytime you are done running it you have to purge it, which gets kinda annoying but in my mind well worth it!

[lowriderb]

the stock carbs can be converted to alcohol, two different ways.. one is without a power jet and one is with.. when i had mine done it was without, there is a common 10% or so gain in power over running gas. the compression is good to have pretty high, 170 is a good number to throw out there but ive ran more before.. and i usually run about 9-10 degrees advance on the timing.. b9es for plugs gapped at .018-.016..

[trex banshee]

the stock carbs can be converted to alcohol, two different ways.. one is without a power jet and one is with.. when i had mine done it was without, there is a common 10% or so gain in power over running gas. the compression is good to have pretty high, 170 is a good number to throw out there but ive ran more before.. and i usually run about 9-10 degrees advance on the timing.. b9es for plugs gapped at .018-.016..

 

well i guess that every builder does stuff a little different, i was told to get my compression between 140-150, and 7 degrees of timing, but what ever works i guess. Last year i was running 210 compression and was told that is was way too much for alky.