Hello everyone. This is my first post on here, so I believe this is the right spot.
Anyways, last year I had a brand new engine built for my fox. 393w stroker, comp cam, and afr heads. Had the carb and timing set on a engine dyno. I had the carb on and after a couple minutes of tuning it ran fine. Idle was fine. I pulled the carb off and switched it to the fitech 1200 system a few weeks ago, and a new 1 inch edelbrock carb spacer. I ran the system with a efi style return regulator, and dead headed the fuel into the system. So it's only the pressure side feeding into it, and it's set at 65lbs on the regulator.
Upon first start and having the initial set up all dialed in, it will not start at all. I have to give it gas for it to run, and when I do it runs EXTREMELY rich. The AFR on the hand held says it's about 13.6:1 but it's hard to believe since if I rev it it blows black smoke out and actually crests creates spots of black on the floor. I thought it might be a lean issue, but the carb just ran fine and all the vacuum lines are capped off. I can hear and see the prime shot firing in. Still won't start at all or attempt to. It did after fire through the throttle body once. I know the timing is fine. I believe it's around 16* at idle. I haven't done anything with the IAC steps yet, because to my understanding it should fire up on the initial set up if all is correct. Sorry for the lengthy read and thanks in advance for any info or advice. I've been pulling my hair out for a while now over this.
Anyways, last year I had a brand new engine built for my fox. 393w stroker, comp cam, and afr heads. Had the carb and timing set on a engine dyno. I had the carb on and after a couple minutes of tuning it ran fine. Idle was fine. I pulled the carb off and switched it to the fitech 1200 system a few weeks ago, and a new 1 inch edelbrock carb spacer. I ran the system with a efi style return regulator, and dead headed the fuel into the system. So it's only the pressure side feeding into it, and it's set at 65lbs on the regulator.
Upon first start and having the initial set up all dialed in, it will not start at all. I have to give it gas for it to run, and when I do it runs EXTREMELY rich. The AFR on the hand held says it's about 13.6:1 but it's hard to believe since if I rev it it blows black smoke out and actually crests creates spots of black on the floor. I thought it might be a lean issue, but the carb just ran fine and all the vacuum lines are capped off. I can hear and see the prime shot firing in. Still won't start at all or attempt to. It did after fire through the throttle body once. I know the timing is fine. I believe it's around 16* at idle. I haven't done anything with the IAC steps yet, because to my understanding it should fire up on the initial set up if all is correct. Sorry for the lengthy read and thanks in advance for any info or advice. I've been pulling my hair out for a while now over this.