Originally Posted by
FabianT5
Wow, that's scary. My condolences! I have a spring installed that hopefully pulls the carb close should I ever end up in a power-loss situation. The spring is not strong enough to pull overcome the servo when the engine is stopped but I hope that with a running engine, the vibrations help to close the carb. Luckily never had to find out.
I've installed a Nova R21 that I had around.
Even if it slows the car a little bit by closing the carb., it would be enough to catch the car and stop it. I'm driving on a beach so it is too risky not to use spring or else it might end up in salty water.