i need help tuning/adjusting my holley 1945 carb. it is on a stock 225 with a 2 1/2 exhaust. i bought the carb reman at advance and put the mr gasket air cleaner assembly on. now its quick on the line so to speak but around 20 or so it lags and then pulls trough. i feel i havent adjusted it properly. can someone go through the steps of idle and mixture for an a novice /6er. how do you adjust idle w/o an rpm gauge? all appreicated, dustin

You guess and are likely to get poor results unless you are familiar with what you are doing. That's why a gauge is suggested

1945 is hardly a performance carb. I don't know specifics for tuning one yet, so I will allow others to offer suggestions.

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1980 Aspen 225 super six

Procedure to dial in the 1945:

pop hood
remove air filter assy
remove all linkage, hoses, etc from the carb
remove the carb from the manifold
throw it away
get anything except a 1945 (even one 1920)
that should cure the problem on your 1945...

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Juan Ignacio Caino

Please use e-mail button istead of PM'ing. I do log in sometimes but I'll be answering quicker thru e-mail.

Could'nt said it better myself!

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82 D150-225/727
02 Dakota-3.9/5 speed
87 GMC C7000-8.2 Detroit Diesel/5+2