I installed a new AED Holley 750DP on my 69 Z/28 and I now have a slight hesitation when I give it a little gas from a constant speed, if I jump on it it's fine. The current jetting is 70/78, squirter size is .031/.035.

Motor specs.
302cid, 9.7-1 comp., world casting S/R torquer 2.02/1.60 pocket ported gasket matched , weiand stealth intake, comp cam CS272TL-6 242int/246ex duration @.050 .510int/.519ex lift @ 1.5 rocker (it now has 1.6 roller rockers so I don't know how much the lift has been increased), stock points distributor, timing is set @ 12 BTDC.

Hey Scott,

My guess is either accelerator pump or power valve. The easy one is the pump,and I will tell you how I set the pump and it's not how Holley says to do but it always works for me.The screw on the pump arm with the spring on it,tighten it to make it shorter until there is slack between it and the pump arm,then loosen the screw until it just touches again or zero clerance,then loosen it about another 1/2 or 3/4 turn to preload it.If you do this and still have same problem get the pack of Holley pump cams and change the pump cam,start with the blue,and reset the pump arm as before.

If this don't help post what happened.

Larry

I would have to agree and lean towards the power valve. The DP is a fairly easy carb to get atleast close with.

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Larry,
I finally received the Holley carb cam kit from Summit today. I tried the blue cam and it runs 100% better, but the screw bottoms out before there is any slack. I even inserted the screw in the bottom hole and could not get the adjustment right. I will compare the blue cam profile with the others and see if I can get the same profile with a mounting hole that would place the cam lower on the throttle shaft allowing for the correct adjustment.
Regarding the power valve, I blew one on another car 25 years ago and from what I remember the thing wouldn't idle or run at a constant speed it would only accelerate.
My camaro runs fine it just had a slight hesitation when I gave it a little gas. No problem when I jumpped on it, in fact last weekend I blew away a new Porsche Cabriolet Carrera 2 the guy was so pissed he had to race me again, and I blew his doors off a second time and I never took it past 6000!!
Thanks for your help.

Hey Scott,

Thanks for the reply,its good to here when some one gets their ride running better.Good story on the Porche.

If you are having any stumble in the secondaries, which I don't think you are but since you have the pump cams use the red on the rear if you need it.

Larry

Scott, good to hear you dialed most of it out with accel. PV would also help. If you had a vacuum guage you could see exactly where this occurs. I ran a 10.5 in a lopey 427. No flat spots at all. Milage sucked though. Went to an 8.5. Point is that a 085/095/105 PV will enrich things and give you a nicer midrange transition.

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Gene C.
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Just a reminder, you DID check the float levels first, right?
David

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