318 Carb'd Motor Issues

[Frederic Breitwieser]

>               I have an 87 dodge ram van 318ci V8 2bbl carb that is
>giving me fits.  The main problem is that it is very hard to start but
it
>will evantually start. Once started it idles fast (That I can fix) but
as
>soon as I shift into gear and load the engine it dies.  So far I have

I would imagine your carb is set to run to lean - make it a little
richer and I'd bet it would run better, as well as the engine temp go
down a tad.  I had the same issue with my 75 in the same configuration -
way, way too lean.  Then, I ended up making it too rich  and failed
emissions.

Oh well :)