DeathShadow
Well-Known Member
Well one of three things has come to my attention regarding the owners of the Edelbrock carburetor.
1. They lose the manual
2. They don't read the manual (RTFM)
3. They never got the manual
So I have taken the liberty upon popular demand to create a short tutorial on what EDELBROCK CARBURERETOR owners need to do to achieve WOT (wide open throttle). The manual dictates what you need to do fairly clearly but the pictures are far beyond useless. So.... Here we go!
This is by far the lengthiest part of the edelbrock install but fairly straight forward and of ease. To do this mod I would STRONGLY recommend a rotary power tool (a dremel); to do this by hand is to shoot ones self. If you don’t have a dremel go and "rent" one (Buy it use it and return it to get all your money back) from your local Wal-Mart retail outlet. Alright now moving on...
Shown below in the first image is the thumb part of the throttle and the "throttle stopper". The first thing we need to do is take away metal from the stopper itself. To balance it out I took metal away from both the thumb itself and the throttle housing (circled in blue). The throttle rotates forward and is stopped by these sections of metal (motion represented by the green arrow). You can not achieve full throttle with the stopper in its stock form; so let’s start grinding!
Image 1:
Image 2:
Tips
Tip 1: Some of you may have noticed that I have grease in my throttle housing shown in image 2. The stock housing does NOT come with grease in it so don’t freak out when you open it up and it’s dry. The grease serves a dual purpose in this case; one long term and one short. When you begin to take metal away from the inside of the throttle housing the metal shavings get all over the place. The short term benefit with the grease is that the metal shavings will stick to it. This way when you are done grinding you simply wipe the metal contaminated grease away with a paper towel and no hassle. The long term effect keeps that portion of the cable and arm lubed and in good condition and adds to a nice smooth throttle pull.
Tip 2: When you reach WOT with the Edelbrock carburetor a "click" can be heard. This sound is the slide reaching its peak of travel inside the carburetor. When you hear this sound as you press the throttle in at WOT this means you are good to go.
Instructions
Step 1: With your throttle housing cover removed (shown in image 2) start grinding away at the throttle stopper (area circled in blue in image 1). You must grind until you either get wide open throttle (refer to tip 2) or the gold/brass arm (shown in image 2) hits the side of the throttle housing.
Step 2: If you have grinded away at the stopper (image 1) and you have achieved full throttle you are done (refer to tip 2) - disregard the rest of this tutorial. But for the most of us here we go. You should have by now grinded enough metal away that the gold arm shown in image 2 when in the full throttle position hits the inner wall in the throttle housing. It is now time to take metal away from the housing wall around the area it hits until it no longer hits at all and WOT is achieved (refer to tip 2).
Step 3: Your grinding is complete when you hear the "click" mentioned in tip 2 and the gold arm does NOT hit the throttle housing wall.
1. They lose the manual
2. They don't read the manual (RTFM)
3. They never got the manual
So I have taken the liberty upon popular demand to create a short tutorial on what EDELBROCK CARBURERETOR owners need to do to achieve WOT (wide open throttle). The manual dictates what you need to do fairly clearly but the pictures are far beyond useless. So.... Here we go!
This is by far the lengthiest part of the edelbrock install but fairly straight forward and of ease. To do this mod I would STRONGLY recommend a rotary power tool (a dremel); to do this by hand is to shoot ones self. If you don’t have a dremel go and "rent" one (Buy it use it and return it to get all your money back) from your local Wal-Mart retail outlet. Alright now moving on...
Shown below in the first image is the thumb part of the throttle and the "throttle stopper". The first thing we need to do is take away metal from the stopper itself. To balance it out I took metal away from both the thumb itself and the throttle housing (circled in blue). The throttle rotates forward and is stopped by these sections of metal (motion represented by the green arrow). You can not achieve full throttle with the stopper in its stock form; so let’s start grinding!
Image 1:
Image 2:
Tips
Tip 1: Some of you may have noticed that I have grease in my throttle housing shown in image 2. The stock housing does NOT come with grease in it so don’t freak out when you open it up and it’s dry. The grease serves a dual purpose in this case; one long term and one short. When you begin to take metal away from the inside of the throttle housing the metal shavings get all over the place. The short term benefit with the grease is that the metal shavings will stick to it. This way when you are done grinding you simply wipe the metal contaminated grease away with a paper towel and no hassle. The long term effect keeps that portion of the cable and arm lubed and in good condition and adds to a nice smooth throttle pull.
Tip 2: When you reach WOT with the Edelbrock carburetor a "click" can be heard. This sound is the slide reaching its peak of travel inside the carburetor. When you hear this sound as you press the throttle in at WOT this means you are good to go.
Instructions
Step 1: With your throttle housing cover removed (shown in image 2) start grinding away at the throttle stopper (area circled in blue in image 1). You must grind until you either get wide open throttle (refer to tip 2) or the gold/brass arm (shown in image 2) hits the side of the throttle housing.
Step 2: If you have grinded away at the stopper (image 1) and you have achieved full throttle you are done (refer to tip 2) - disregard the rest of this tutorial. But for the most of us here we go. You should have by now grinded enough metal away that the gold arm shown in image 2 when in the full throttle position hits the inner wall in the throttle housing. It is now time to take metal away from the housing wall around the area it hits until it no longer hits at all and WOT is achieved (refer to tip 2).
Step 3: Your grinding is complete when you hear the "click" mentioned in tip 2 and the gold arm does NOT hit the throttle housing wall.
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