edelbrock carbs

Guys I'm running a edelbrock carb on my 78 mustang.It has the 302 in it and i'm still having hard starting problems when the engine is hot.The carb is new and it is set up right.The idle mixtures screws are set right,the choke is set right(one notch to the lean side).The floats are also set properly on the carb.I have great vacuum(18 inches)at idle,timing is at 10 degrees btc and the boat runs great and it idles perfect.Now I posted this problem on the forum bout 8 weeks ago and I took everyone tips and put them to good use.Now who runs a edelbrock on ther boat,are anyone of you having this problem.I called edelbrock tech support and the guy seemed to think with the angle of the engine it could be effecting the the way the carb is working.He suggested a leveling spacing to make the carb sit level instead of a angle.Also edelbrock only wants 5lbs. of pressure off the fuel pump for ther carb,I've got 7lbs.Come on guys I don't think a 2lb pressure difference is going to make it flood out also even though they say excessive gas pressure will make it flood out like that.I know the damn thing is not vapor locking up but this problem is making my boating season very pissy.So has anyone had this problem?Does anyone have to use a leveling block spacer on ther intake?And what do you all think about the 2lb pressure difference with the fuel pump to carb.I'm not leaking gas down the intake of the either.Is this the reason everyone runs holleys on these boat?Is it a design issue between the carbs.I've just never had good luck with holley carbs,to many things can go wrong with them while the edelbrocks are much more simply made.What do you all think?

gottaski,

there is about 4 pages of discussion on bmillers previous post

it would be ashame to make us all start over

There is a reason Edelbrock wants you to run 5psi, you should start there and once you know you have everything set up according to Edelbrock's recommendations start diagnosing your problem. You can't really fix it if you are out of speck on what the MANUFACTURER recommends. I have had a Edelbrock Marine carb on a previous boat and set it up exactly as the company recommended and I had no issues what so ever, especially on hot restarts.

I'm trying to start it without thottle.You should not have to give it any gas when its hot.In the end i'm having to give it WOT to get it to finally start after it seems to crank forever.The starter does'nt seem to be laboring when its hot.I've also got a 1000 cranking amp battery in the boat so its not lacking juice.I'm running out of solutions for the problem that I have.

I'm going to try the regulator so I can get the fuel pressure down to 5lbs,then I'll go from there.It says in the edelbrock manuel that it is a symptom of hard starting when the engine is hot(to much pressure).I guess anything is a possible.Just a process of elimination .

Yeah,I ordered a holley 450cfm made for the 302 yesterday.Hoping I get good results.

I had the same experience. Hard starts. I checked everything...floats, springs, jets, metering rods. Spent days working through the problems while talking to the Tech support. For some reason Tech Support would not come off the fact that their Carb needs a wedge plate. After I put the wedge plate on...it ran great, hot or cold starts were easy and the engine can idle down below 600 RPM while in gear. We slalom with this carb so we re-start with a hot engine about 20 times per day without a problem. We even wake surf which requires the bow up and about 1500 RPM's and the Edelbrock still works fine.

Edelbrock has good fuel consumption especially in mid range. Holley is a WOT carb and faster in my opinion and does not require the wedge plate.

We have 5-7 slalom skiers at our place and a few over 200 lbs. We wakeboard and surf when we get tired of the "pull". I rarely hard throttle my boat which is another factor. So it may create a stir here, and it's only one guy's experience (and I wasn't drinking), but I ran both carbs on the same boat for a few days each. I like the Edelbrock better due to mid-range fuel consumption. All day long at 3600/3200 RPM's pulling the slalom really showed the difference in gas consumption.

Whatever Carb is on your boat, you can make it work.

I'm running the 600 on a 289.

The wedge plate that I ordered from summit is only a 8 degree plate.Thats what edelbrock told me to get.Where did you guys get your plates at? Also what fuel pressure are you all running,are you using fuel pressure regulators?Just kind of curious.

Well I'll let you know what happens and what I decide to go with,The holley or edelbrock

Well the 8 degree wedge plate is what EDELBROCK tech service said to use and it did make the carb sit level.I doesn't matter it didn't work,the engine ran like sh*t so the edelbrock nightmare is over.Finally received and installed a new holley 450, had to adjust the front float but after all that the holley works great.It doesn't flood the engine when its hot,and it starts every time.I guess a good lesson was learned,and what the hell at first when this all started I knew very little about carbs.Well now I do.Took the boat out last night and it ran perfect.Thanks everyone for your insights.