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Old 08-21-2017, 06:11 PM
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22r carb on a 20r

So i installed a 20r carb on my truck with a lc adapter plate, it now runs really good with a LOT more power but i cant figure out why when i come to a stop it takes a fiew seconds for the idle to come down. It does this more noticably when the a/c is off. Any one have a clue as to why. On a side note this swap was mainly due to the secondary would not open in the 20r carb no matter what i did. Any insight would be very much apprecated
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Originally Posted by Allmyjunk
So i installed a 20r carb on my truck with a lc adapter plate, it now runs really good with a LOT more power but i cant figure out why when i come to a stop it takes a fiew seconds for the idle to come down. It does this more noticably when the a/c is off. Any one have a clue as to why. On a side note this swap was mainly due to the secondary would not open in the 20r carb no matter what i did. Any insight would be very much apprecated
Several questions come to mind -
The subject line reads "22r carb on a 20r" the first line says "i installed a 20r carb on my truck" - please clarify which. And specify the year(s) of the parts and truck.
Were all of the connections (vacuum, etc) exactly the same?

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The new carb may be better only because the old carb was in bad shape.
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There is an air buffer on the carb that keeps it from slamming closed, it may need some adjustment.
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Well im kinda a retard, truck is a 1980 with a 20r in it, i put a 22r carb on it. I played with the idle a little more lastnight and lowerd the float to 9.mm and it seems to be better, not ware i think it aught to be but noticably better.
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No the old carb, was remanufactured, has a 2007 sricker on it, it ran great just the secondary wouldnt open so it was justa tiny 1 bbl. I have no idea what year the 22r carb is i bought from aircleaner to intake manafold for 20 bucks so it was kinda a no brainer. I do have all the vacume lines hooked up they may not be right but they are plugged in.



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