Starting a hot motor procedure

[mx916]

Hey guys, 74 Charger 360 with Thermoquad 4 Barrel.  Cold start procedure perfected: One pump, crank, if no fire, repeat, and she fires up.  However after fully warmed up, and left to sit for an hour or so, she cranks for a looooong time.  Is a pump of the pedal necessary? Is fuel boiled out of floats? Just let it crank with no pump?  Just looking for suggestions.  Thanks.

[Sublime/Sixpack]

What technique are you using now to attempt a hot start?

[toocheaptosmoke]

Seems like gas these days causes similar symptoms in most of my carbed cars.  It usually acts like it's flooded, I open the throttle about 1/2 way and crank until it fires.  The more you pump it the more gas the accelerator pump is shooting in. 

[mx916]

I give a single pump, then crank, with no luck, then hold the pedal to the floor, no luck, after those two, it starts with no pedal pressed.  Im open to any suggestions.  Thanks for responding.

[Sublime/Sixpack]

FWIW On hot start I'd try pushing the accel. pedal 1/3 of the way down and holding it there then crank the engine. See how it responds to that.
That's the method I use on my two 440 Six Packs.
It's different with my Coronet with 360 and Thermoquad. All it requires on a hot start is to hit the key and it fires up instantly. Don't even need to press on the accel. pedal.
On a couple other carbureted cars I own, pushing the accel. pedal 1/4 of the way down and holding it there then cranking the engine works well on them for a hot start.

You may just have to experiment a little on technique, but I would not pump the pedal even once before trying to hot start the engine.

Of course there's always the chance that your thermoquad may be in need of an adjustment, or some other procedure performed on it.

[birdsandbees]

They are all like a fine women, you have to find the right technique and then stick with it or they'll never start!! 

My Bee has always been.. hit key.. crank.. one pedal tap.. fires and then tap tap to make it run.. Hasn't failed in 38 years and works even after stored for 10+ years.

[rollo1504]

... My baby fires up best COLD when I push throttel 3 times, then hold throttle 1/3 and crank...

... If already HOT... it is sufficient just to crank and she fires up immediately....

But as already said...They are all women and you need to find the correct way to treat her for yourself but it really might be a carb or gas "issue" as for me it really sounds not okay if it would take that looooong time to fire up if already HOT....

Cheers

Roland

[1974dodgecharger]

throw away carb and install EFI...no excuses these days vs the costs of one vs a carb.

[HANDM]

I saw quite a while ago, possibly on here, an original dealer tag that had the starting procedure for Mopars. I basically said this

Seems like gas these days causes similar symptoms in most of my carbed cars.  It usually acts like it's flooded, I open the throttle about 1/2 way and crank until it fires.