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Re: [oletrucks] Carb? timing?

To: greyhawk200@att.net, oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Carb? timing?
From: Passnb4U@aol.com
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 20:16:37 EDT
In a message dated 10/15/00 11:36:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
greyhawk200@att.net writes:

> 
>  I just had my distributor (ATI) rebuilt and the timing advance
>  curve... redid. While I was at it I changed the carb from a
>  quadrjet to an edbroke. Now it runs really crappy unless I
>  disconnect the vacuum advance. The folks that did the dist. gave
>  me a sheet that shows all the timing curves and the initial
>  setting. I'm sure I've got it in the right vacuum port. what
>  gives? Could it be the carb?
>  -- 
>  Ben Bennett


  Ben,

  Find out if the distributor was curved and set for ported or intake 
vacuum...if ported, find a port on the carb that does not have vacuum until 
the throttle is open, if intake...then find a port that has vacuum all the 
time.

  Edlebrocks are usually good to go out of the box, and require just a little 
tinkering to dial in, assuming you have a new carb, and not a used one 
someone has played with.

Mike
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