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Less than two weeks ago I pulled the 302 from my 65 Fastback and replaced it with a 347 from Blue Print Engines. I moved the manifold and Webers (IDF 48) over from the 302 without any initial change to jetting. I did re-sync the carbs and made sure the linkage was functioning correctly. After getting the timing set to 34 degrees at 2500 RPM (mechanical advance distributor) I noticed a bit of popping between 1000 and 2000 RPM. Switched the idle jets from 60's to 70's but don't see much difference. Thinking I probably need to look into larger main jets and perhaps emulsion tubes. Currently I have 160 Main jets and F11 emulsion tubes.

Does anyone know of any sort of a cheat sheet for predicting what jets might be needed for Weber carbs? I am thinking these can be run singly, in pairs, in threes or in my case in a set of four. Most manifolds have a shared plenum of some sort so you would have to factor the total CI/CC displacement serviced. Often in the case of one carb there is a plenum that distributes the mix across all cylinders, with dual carbs perhaps there is a plenum for one side of the motor and another (with the other carb) servicing the other side. With three there is generally a common plenum that service all cylinders.

In my case I have four carbs with one half of each carb servicing one Individual Throttle Bore (ITB) on the manifold. I have a 347 Stroker so divided by 8 each ITB is serving about 44 CI or 721 CC. There are a couple of charts in the Weber Tuning Manual but I am left with questions looking at those.....
 
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I contacted Pierce Manifolds and got some great advice!
 

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I have messed with a lot of carbs but never a Webers. Let us know what you find.
Also, I was reminded recently that timing issues can mimic carb issues not that I'm saying it is your issue.
 

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I have to 70 jets in the car right now and get a bit of popping between 1000-2000 RPM but nothing when the RPMs go higher and the transition is made from the idle jets to the mains. Looks like I need more benzin flowing at the lower RPMs. Once the mains are flowing there is no more popping and the acceleration is phenomenal, feels like the car is being pulled forward on a rubber band.

I set my timing IAW the recommendation from Blue Print Engines. 34 degrees at 2500 RPM. Apparently after the engine has some more time/miles on it they recommend 34 degrees at 4000 RPM.
 
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