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My fiance' has an issue with her '74 Plymouth Satellite 2bbl 318... I understand that this isn't a mopar group, but there are several people here who's general advice I trust. Anyway, her prob is that the engine bogs under accel, moreso at lower speeds than at higher. Considering I don't have a hell of a lot of experience dealing with carb'd engines, other than replacing the fuel filter (which she's done, a little help but not much) and cleaning the carb, what else should I suggest she look at? Any help is appreciated.

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7ball
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GO to Cuda-Challenger.com, they will help

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Bart

Sounds like a bad accelerator pump in the carb to me. Try looking down the throat of the carb (with the engine shut off) and look for a shot of fuel to spray from the top down into each venturi. If you don't see anything it's time for a card rebuild. - Gary

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Gary - KQ6RT

I talked to her earlier tonight, and she's got a Holley 2bbl on it now. She had the Holley on 2 years ago, replaced it with the Carter for smog testing, and put the Holley back on approx 6 months ago. The Holley sat in a box for a year before she reinstalled it, hopefully that'll give some more detail... She also said it doesn't bog if she winds it up before going from a stop.

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7ball

Bart spilled my beer when they jumped on the table and proclaimed in

There's also a alt.hi-po.mopar group on usenet. :)

NOI

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Thund3rstruck_n0i

Chryslers suck for carburetion and always have. They either used Carter (bad) or Holley (worse). LOL.

Most times, it's an old tired carburetor in need of a rebuild as Gary stated. Also make sure your tuneup components are good, no vacuum lines have gone astray (not many of 'em), and there's no other obvious problems (choke sticking, etc).

Joe--ASE Certified Parts Specialist & 10th Ann.Club Tech Director '80 Carousel Red Turbo T/A, 26k orig. '79 "Y89" 400/4 speed 10th Ann. T/A, 57k orig '84 Olds 88 Royale Bgm 2 dr, 307 "Rocket" (lol), 141k and still going.... '80 T/A project car...

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Bigjfig

**(choke sticking, etc)**.

Evidently, giving it a good cleaning and lubricating the throttle/choke assembly fixed the prob. I kinda thought it might be a sticking butterfly, just wasn't sure... Apparently, that's what it was. Thanks for the help.

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7ball

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