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Slow foot brake car bog

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May 28, 2026, 08:01 AM
Mike Allred
Slow foot brake car bog
A tight converter. The low rpm launch flashes the converter allowing rpm to climb at a much faster rate, allowing quick rpm rise through the bog rpm range.
I had the same issue with a mild 283 in my El Camino until a 5k converter was installed.
My .02..


Mike Allred
May 28, 2026, 12:47 PM
BJs Wild Ride
My bbc is actually doing something similar. I put a tighter converter in it and it stumbles about 0.1 after I get to wot on the TB. It’s efi so I’m able to add fuel at that point, but I’m totally baffled why it does it. Only thing i can figure is the converter is too tight for the cam and it goes into reversion. Had no problems before tightening the converter.

Years ago I had a carb bbc that did something kinda similar. I ended up putting some epoxy in the intake runners and it fixed it.
May 28, 2026, 12:51 PM
CSRacing
quote:
Originally posted by Mike Allred:
A tight converter. The low rpm launch flashes the converter allowing rpm to climb at a much faster rate, allowing quick rpm rise through the bog rpm range.
I had the same issue with a mild 283 in my El Camino until a 5k converter was installed.
My .02..


It's a 3200-ish 10" TCI currently. Seemed like plenty of converter for what I'm trying to do with the car.
May 28, 2026, 12:53 PM
CSRacing
quote:


Years ago I had a carb bbc that did something kinda similar. I ended up putting some epoxy in the intake runners and it fixed it.


I was thinking maybe it was a velocity thing through the carb so maybe a smaller carb or to your point, choking down the intake a little bit. The fact that it seems to work perfectly fine (on the street only so far) at a lower RPM sort of killed that thinking.