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Old Apr 21, 2008 | 10:02 PM
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Swapping carbs

Ok I have an 82, and I'm trying to put an 83 nikki carb into it. My problem is that whenever I start the car up and press the pedal down it completly shuts the engine off. It revs up fine once I get it above 2000 grand. I 've also tryed riching the mixture out a bit, but it didn't do anything. There were two differences I noticed with the carb I pulled from it. There was an emissions system that I plugged, and some sort of sensor dead center in the middle of the carb on the passenger side. I point a pic below of the sensor. I think its this sensor what do I need to do with it?
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Old Apr 21, 2008 | 10:41 PM
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im no expert but i had this problem and fixed it after some help from the guys on the forum. THis is what really helped me.
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ump+adjustment
my acceleration pump had the middle check ball locked in by some debris and when i freed it up it doesent have this problem anymore. Hope i helped in some way.
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 03:08 PM
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Its called a richer solonoid valve. What does it do?
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 06:15 PM
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I'd blame the accelerator pump as well - leaking, clogged, jammed, or somehow not working.

The electronic bits, near as I can tell, don't do a whole heck of a lot except in the realm of cold starting.

-=Russ=-
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 09:18 PM
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most of it is junk. you would probably had better luck rebuilding your old nikki.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 01:57 PM
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I did rebuild the carb, theres something wrong with it that I or a mechanic couldn't figure out. Its not the accell. pump the stream is good. I'm goin to try figuring out the wiring for that solonoid. Theres also a backfiring every once and awhile and the timeing is fine checked it.
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