running super rich

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  1. busyb187

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    hey all... ok thanks to everybody's help ive figured that im running super rich. the inside of car smells like fuel when car is on. no leaks at all from gas. if i go outside and stand behind car it smells alot like fuel from the exhaust tail pipe.. its extremely strong the fuel smell. have a carter afb 600cfm carb. put on a rebuilt kit bout week ago to see if it would help and still the same. mixture screws are 2 complete turns out (bottomed it then gave it 2 complete turns at each screw). any ideas how i can get rid of all that richness? how to make it maybe leaner.
     
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    Does it just run rich at idle or is it at road speed too?
     
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    both. at road speed its even worse...
     

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