Edelbrock 1406 whistling
After you get it running and its idling. Take your hands and very slowly cover up the top of the carb with the air filter off. Do this very slowly as to control the air being drawn in. If the motor starts to raise keep your hands in that position and see if you can control air intake. If it dies without trying to rev at all the intake and carb are sealed . if it revs you have a leak. Steve
Bottom picture .The gasket on the bottom in this picture is the one you want to use top and bottom. That gasket will work in either position. The one that is on the top will not work against the carb at all , and sometimes will leak on the intake side. If you get two gastkets with the square hole or bore you will be able to use your out side bolt holes . When looking at the pictures close you can see the gasket you had on the bottom sealed the intake, There is a impression of the whole intake flange in the gasket. After you do this it will be sealed and we'll work on the crappy part then. but seal the intake. And yes the comments about them being swithced were correct by other members. But just use two square bore gaskets and the outer holes. Maybe you can use one of your old gastkets on the carb side . But keep the gasket you have on the bottom there and replace the top one and not wiht a spread bore style. SteveOK fellas, let me try to catch up here....
First.....to answer Dusterdude's question: no, I have never run the car hot...it ran fine for the longest time, until this started happening.
Second.....Steve, this is what I'm running, in this order (my son wanted yellow valve covers...don't ask, lol):
This is the stack....
Here's what happened when I tried the paper trick:
Under the front of the carb: couldn't pull it out
Under the driver's side: couldn't pull it out
Under the rear of carb: couldn't pull it out
Under the pass side of the carb: pulled out like it was oiled
Hmmmm....so, I grabbed the spare 1406 and tried the same thing, and got the exact same results.
Then, I took a steel rule and placed it across the intake holes, pulled it slowly, and it drags/scrapes across all 3 surfaces evenly (both sides and the center divider)...plus, it does not 'rock' in any spot when I move it.
One question, though: I noticed in my photos that I have the carb studs located in the inboard holes...would it make a better seal if I moved them to the outer set of holes on the manifold?
Rob
After you get it running and its idling. Take your hands and very slowly cover up the top of the carb with the air filter off. Do this very slowly as to control the air being drawn in. If the motor starts to raise keep your hands in that position and see if you can control air intake. If it dies without trying to rev at all the intake and carb are sealed . if it revs you have a leak. Steve