Carb-Installation

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Thereminator
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Who has an opinion about useing silicone-sealant(high heat copperseal) on the base-area when you install a Carb,wouldnt it be good Vacume-Leak prevention? Any Takers...How Bowt you,Twentyvalve,havent herd from you in awile.Also G-Fumes,what suspension mods have you done?Anything to give-alittle-lift(Carful-now,Tercel Abuse,Like blowing-out the radiator with a fire-hose,is illeagal in some states!)? :D
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Post by GTSSportCoupe »

I've never had any problem when using silicone gasket makers in the past. Although I must admit that I used new toyota gaskets when I replaced the carb on my 3AC.
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Post by 3A-C Power »

I used to use it alot when I was too cheap to get gaskets or gasket material. It doesn't work nearly as well for the carb as a paper gasket does. In fact it has never worked that well for me.
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Post by Fingers »

I used a superthin layer of it on the new gasket whaen I reinstalled my carb. I am a big believer that a light appliance of sealer on most gasket surfaces is a good thing.
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Would silcone hurt paper-gaskets if you used both,like they often recomend for ruber-gaskets.My thinking is that it would be nice to have resilaint-presure against the bolts and potentialy large Vacume-Leak area.I guess I could at least put lock-washers with the paper-gasket. <_<
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Thereminator wrote: Also G-Fumes,what suspension mods have you done?Anything to give-alittle-lift(Carful-now,Tercel Abuse,Like blowing-out the radiator with a fire-hose,is illeagal in some states!)? :D
But Tercels love abuse! They just laugh and ask for more! :D

What should be illegal is donating a perfect '86 SR5 to a fire dept. :angry:
But then it wouldn't have been $25, so...

My friend and I haven't done any suspension mods yet. We did remove the front anti-roll bar for more articulation, but anybody familiar with the front suspension design will know why we put it back on really fast. :) We plan to cut it in half and put a tight-fitting pipe over it to allow it to provide support for the control arms without limiting suspension movement. We've had a few ideas for lifting it, but haven't gotten around to starting any work.

I was actually over at my friend's house today looking at Hornbeam. We need to get that engine back in. :D
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I installed my carb today.It Fired-right-up and the aceleration and power where better but I have one problem,it idles like crap :( .Its idleing at 11.5 and jumping around about 100 rpm.I tried the Throttle adjustment but the rpms wouldnt drop and I realized today that unlike my other carb,this one has an idle-valve.I fooled around with it,but it didnt seem to do much to the rpm.Im going to read-up tonight and check for V~Leaks tomorow. <_<
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