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Old 10-18-2018, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Schurkey View Post
Burning-eye exhaust is typically from misfire. Could be lean misfire, could be bad ignition, could be anything that causes misfire.
I never thought of misfire. I'll have to look into that.

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I have a Q-jet with holes in the primaries, apparently done by Rochester. That said, I'd drill holes in the casting to route some idle air around the throttle blades, rather than drilling the blades themselves if possible. Many Q-jets are drill-able for idle air bypass.
It has idle bypass. Cliff recommended opening it up to .110 which is where it's at now. Not sure where else I would have to drill to add more.