[patrickt]

Let me tell you, when one of those white flaky pieces you see on the metering block, that looks kind of like the fur on Ellie's butt, would lodge itself in to that tube with all the holes in it that Holley's have that head up to the air bleeds at the top of the horn, the engine would go from running beautifully to running like crap, at idle and off idle, in a matter of minutes. The first time it happened I said to myself "damn it, you wiped a lobe -- nothing else could make the car run that bad that fast. But wait, it still accelerates hard nicely... wtf??" But it could be cured just as quickly as it came, with blasts from my preferred gum cutter, Berkebile 2+2, down through the eight air bleeds. It is absolutely astounding how a small tuft of crap can make a Holley misbehave so quickly.