38/38 Flat Spot Solved

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So my 3.5 liter motor has suffered from a flat spot at 2700-3000 rpm ever since I switched from 32/36 Webers to 38/38 Webers. Spent a lot of time on the phone with Ireland Engineering, who were wonderful in helping me. Had it dialed into about 95% gone.

Figured I would have to put it on a dyno with a sniffer to really figure it out.

So I loaded up with ethanol free gas, and f**king amazing! Flat spot gone totally! E90 or E85 is wrong, and all Gov't subsidies should be eliminated. Besides being crappy fuel and costing us taxpayers money, it's contributing to world food food price growth. It's just plain wrong.

I still plan to get it on the dyno to really dial it in after I get the new headers on, but that's now next year's project.

Switching frm 32/36's to 38/38's did lower the mpg from 17 to13, but the smiles per gallon rose significantly! Gas cost is not a consideration given that I only drive 1.5k........on a good year........
 
+1 I run ethanol free gas for reasons you state. Unintended consequences by bureaucrats. The flat spot may be the usual transition issue from idle jets to main, either you need a little bigger idle or get the mains to kick in sooner with a smaller air corrector.


So my 3.5 liter motor has suffered from a flat spot at 2700-3000 rpm ever since I switched from 32/36 Webers to 38/38 Webers. Spent a lot of time on the phone with Ireland Engineering, who were wonderful in helping me. Had it dialed into about 95% gone.

Figured I would have to put it on a dyno with a sniffer to really figure it out.

So I loaded up with ethanol free gas, and f**king amazing! Flat spot gone totally! E90 or E85 is wrong, and all Gov't subsidies should be eliminated. Besides being crappy fuel and costing us taxpayers money, it's contributing to world food food price growth. It's just plain wrong.

I still plan to get it on the dyno to really dial it in after I get the new headers on, but that's now next year's project.

Switching frm 32/36's to 38/38's did lower the mpg from 17 to13, but the smiles per gallon rose significantly! Gas cost is not a consideration given that I only drive 1.5k........on a good year........
 
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