After 2 years I finally got around to installing my QuickFuel secondary metering block with provisions for changeable jets. I am running a 3310 Holley with vacuum secondaries and a fixed metering block on the secondary side. The goal was to lean out the carb a bit, but you don't know what jets to even start with on the secondary side until you remove the secondary metering block and get the serial number. I ordered up a big box of Holley jets and some replacement gaskets. I actually loaded up the carb, jets and gaskets and did the conversion in my friends garage in Arkansas. I ended up jetting down 2 jet sizes front and rear as a starting point. Everything was going along nicely until I started to install the replacement gaskets I had ordered. It turns out they were wrong. Out came the Xacto knife and the trimming commenced. Some minor trimming and we were back in business...or so I thought.
When I got back home and reinstalled the carb, I could not get any accelerator pump shot. A quick shot of starting fluid and the car fired up and idled normally. I had to tear the carb down again to find the front bowl gasket was blocking the accelerator pump fuel hole. Out came the Xacto knife again, and the problem was solved. The car runs great, but I still need to weld in a bung so I can attach my wideband and see where I am for air/fuel ratio.
The other fun job I tackled recently was replacing the leaking oil filter adapter with one from Canton that utilizes the big, rubber O-ring to prevent leaks. Short story: I made a mess, cleaned it up, installed the Canton adapter, and now we have no more leaks from the oil filter adapter.
