Dale’s 1971 Dodge Demon 340 Gets Fixed! Tuning The Edelbrock AVS 2 

Bingo. Eventually I may well put a double pumper on it. But I think I can get a long ways with what I have.

Yeah, they’re real screamers. Big blocks are fun too, but the 340 is something special. Now that I’m getting the carb dialed in, the engine is actually reviving happily up to the top and I’m hearing it come alive. It’s pretty impressive. By the way, I’m Jamie, but I call the car Dale’s Demon. Dale is my friend who custom ordered the car brand new, and took care of it for 51 years. I knew him for years before he decided he was ready to sell, and several more years until I was finally able to buy. Even though it’s mine now, it will always be Dale’s Demon to me. I hope that makes sense. Haha.

Thanks for the tip! I have more Edelbrock nightmares to deal with in the near future - I’ll check the next one that way.

I replaced the engine. That fixed it 😅 I still don’t understand what the issue with the 340 was.

Interesting. My experience with Carter / Edelbrock so far has been that it’s never actually the pump, it’s always passage blockage or stuck check ball.

Well, I haven’t crashed it yet.

I saw you driving on twisty roads and it gave me flashbacks to my younger days@@DeadDodgeGarage

I hope so! I really wanted to this year. We had tentatively planned on it. It overlapped with the end of the school year and I didn’t think I could do it. Also I spent allll the money on a Charger… fuel being what it is, just getting to the start is a pretty big investment for me!

May in the future. I talk about that in this video, and have in several others.

Fun, I did install a Holley later. It made zero improvement with the issues I was having… then I changed the engine, and it’s awesome. I’d like to A/B test the Holley and Edelbrock on the new engine at some point.

@@DeadDodgeGarage Lol ... If all else fails replace the engine. I really enjoy your vids & FYI on reaction time I can't tell if your waiting for green or leaving on last yellow ? Someone told me leave on last yellow & improvement on reaction time big time

@@ronaldrey8474 Yes, I have been told that as well. I was trying to do too much at once. Stage, find my leave RPM, and ohhhh the light's green, time to go guy. It's a learning curve. Haha. But my times were improving the last time out. I will get a feel for it with some more practice.

Less than I used to! Haha. As of now, I personally own four classic Mopars (Demon, ‘76 Dart, ‘66 Charger and ‘68 Charger,) as well as two Dodge vans and a ‘73 Crew cab. I have two Cummins trucks (a 2000 and an ‘03.) I also have a Grand Cherokee (I think it counts, it has a Magnum V8…) My wife has a ‘66 Coronet and a ‘96 Ram 1500 as well. I could be forgetting something. It’s pretty much Mopar Or No Car in my world. My wife daily drives a Subaru though. I have had many of them. I recently sold two Dodge trucks and a ‘73 Charger. One of the trucks and that Charger are still at my place… I will be working on them for video.

Proud of u

@@DeadDodgeGarage technically i was paid to watch and you were paid to be watched. lol

Sure

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Sometimes I can be instructional, but decidedly not in a traditional (or boring) manner. I’m mostly here to be entertaining and slightly informative - and to catalog my adventures and projects.

@@DeadDodgeGarage just messing with you. Great channel