[V8] intake sealing

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Please tell me you kidding....and that you really not from hazard county

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> From: Nadjkovic Kraig A TSgt 552 CMS/MXMVC <Kraig.Nadjkovic at tinker.af.mil>
> Date: 2004/07/21 Wed PM 02:15:07 EDT
> To: "'v8 at audifans.com'" <v8 at audifans.com>
> Subject: [V8] intake sealing
> 
> Hey y'all.  I just picked up a 1990 V8 quattro at a tow yard auction.  It's
> pretty nice except that none of the electrical accesories work.  Anyway,
> here's my problem:  The fuel injecsion didn't seem to be working right.  It
> was real hard to start in the morning, so I had to use ether to get it
> started.  To get around that, I cut a hole in the top of the intake, hogged
> out the runners a bit so they'd all get some gas and air, and bolted a
> Holley 650 double pumper on the top.  That should be big enough for a 3.6
> litre engine, right?  It doesn't seem to run right.  I'm pretty sure I got
> the carb sealed on there good with RTV, but it still seems like there's a
> vacum leak or something--it stumbles and hesitates when I try to take off.
> I'm sure I'm not the first to do this to get rid of that Bosh injecsion
> system.  Any idears?
> nadj
> 1990 V8 Q
> 84 5000 wagon 5 SPEED
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