Early 273 intake problems

Interesting and strange. Lean when cold and rich when warm? ean when cold is usually a misadjusted choke. Rich when hot can be too much fuel pressure or a leaky float. In fact a leaky float may cause both. Hard to believe that 3 carbs did the same thing. Not a bad idea to get a gauge and check your fuel pressure. It should be around 5 psi. to not cause problems.

Yeah I thought it was odd too. I’ve put a new tank, lines, filter and pump in it. I drove it 1100 miles to the Zip Tie drags with no problems after I installed all that. I’ll have check it


Edit: the original carb was shot. Too much play on the butterfly shaft to hold a constant idle. So 2 carbs really but still