[Sunapeelakers]

My '87 starts right up after long periods of no being used, usually with the choke being turned on. The questions I have, for the guys with older 350s, when you first start your machines can you walk away from them and let them warm up on their own, or do you have to babysit it for a bit to make sure it doesn't stall? I find that I have to sit with mine, hitting the gas every so often to keep it running until its warm. Just wondering if that's par for the course for these older machines? I can drive it right away, it's just that within the first ten or so minutes of starting it, it could stall if you just leave it alone...


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[j.dalton0309]

Just idle it up a hair at the bottom of the carb and leave the choke on untill it starts backfiring, turn it off as soon as it does this and it's good and warmed up

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[retro]

I choke my 87 initially and it fires right up. As soon as it starts I slide the choke back and it idles, but its a bit slow and weak. After its been running for a couple minutes the idle has improved to the point where its pretty solid. This is in moderate temps... 50s & up. During the winter the choke will have to be left on about a quarter way for a bit.

You can richen your pilot screw just a tad... and it will improve cold start idling. Also make sure the motor idles good and strong at 1400-1450 RPMs when its warm... else it will be set too slow to keep it alive when its cold.

Its a fine tuning game is all...