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Reputable Colorado Springs Shop

Postby Brent13 » Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:10 pm

Hello All,

Can any of you recommend a good shop in Colorado Springs that can dial in a carburetor? I put a brand new 600cfm Quick Fuel carb on in September. Had a a Motor-Head friend change the the jets for the altitude, slapped it on the truck, and away I went. It runs pretty good, but I feel it could run a lot better. And it is certainly finicky when starting and when cold, certainly needs some choke work. Choke is electric. I just don't want to do this work as I am pretty clueless with carburetor work, and don't want to make it worse. I think it is close to running really well, just need that final tune. So what shop comes highly recommended?

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Re: Reputable Colorado Springs Shop

Postby RJLougee » Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:50 pm

The few times I've had anyone tune a carb, I took it to Don Allison off Hugo, on a Sat morning. I usually only drive a carb'd vehicle just long enough to collect the parts to convert everything to EFI.

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Re: Reputable Colorado Springs Shop

Postby hockeydad4-22 » Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:26 am

RJLougee wrote:The few times I've had anyone tune a carb, I took it to Don Allison off Hugo, on a Sat morning. I usually only drive a carb'd vehicle just long enough to collect the parts to convert everything to EFI.

Electrons I understand, that "Venturi Principle", magic.....
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Re: Reputable Colorado Springs Shop

Postby sykanr0ng » Thu Mar 17, 2016 9:37 pm

Years ago I was told that carburetor is a French word for "Don't f**k with it".
"You say overkill like it's a bad thing."
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Re: Reputable Colorado Springs Shop

Postby Colorado75bronc » Sun Mar 20, 2016 8:25 am

Greg Hutchinson is a good one too, Hutchinson Battery is the shop name 1 (719) 632-1326

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