Hi guys

 

I’ve got a ’87 wagon with the 1.8 carb engine and its giving me trouble, it has a huge stall / hesitation problem and it wont stay running when its cold. I know it needs a carb kit, but if that doesn’t fix it, I’m thinking about stripping all the emissions stuff off to remove potential sources of trouble.

 

So here’s my list of questions:

Will the stock carb work properly stripped and plugged?

Will it need rejetted?

Can it be rejetted or will I have to get a different carb?

Has anyone done this?

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

Gary

i am running a stripped carb off an 87 on an spfi block. she will stall out right after starup, but if i let her warm up for a minute, she idles, and idles as long as she runs. starting is the only trouble since you may disable the choke or whatever, but she should run the same as normal.

 

mine runs without problem, but i am getting a fuel starvation from a fuel pump swap i need to figure out yet

(carb on spfi block in turbo car)

 

there is a vacuum manifold that can be unbolted from the intake manifold itself, but you would have to remove the intake from the motor.

 

if you want to strip it down, and depending on your mechanical ability, i would recomment removing the whole intake.

keep in mind to not let the carb get turned upside-down, as the float my stick open.