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The Road Daemon manual states:

It is a good idea to have a power valve rating
that is lower in number than the vacuum produced
by the engine at idle.

Maybe I'll give their tech support folks a call tomorrow.

Thanks for the tip!

Regards,
Brian

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Paul Hamaday <phamaday@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I never dealt with a 'Demon' carb before but they are based on a holley carb. If I got black smoke out the exhaust with a holley when I tromped on it I'd change the power valve. They dump a lot of extra fuel when the vacuum drops. Switch to a smaller power valve.
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> --- On Mon, 7/5/10, Brian Safford <hzf9vv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> From: Brian Safford <hzf9vv@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: replacing carb jets
>> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Monday, July 5, 2010, 1:47 PM
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>> I have a Barry Grant Road Daemon 625 cfm carb that I think
>> needs smaller jets.
>>
>> I get lots of black smoke whenever I really tromp the go
>> pedal, and
>> from what I've been able to research, going down 2 jet
>> sizes might do
>> the trick.
>>
>> Anyone have any other suggestions?  I've never
>> replaced jets in a carb
>> before - those are inside each of the float bowl things,
>> right?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Brian
>> '62 Dart 440 / Poly 318
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