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Re: [oletrucks] Carb? timing?

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Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Carb? timing?
From: New Mexico Jim <ADvent@thuntek.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 18:43:56 -0600
Also, I am curious why you don't want to use a Quadrajet? That is the most
tunable and best carb for the street in the world?

New Mexico Jim wrote:

> the distibutor must be hooked up to manifold vacuum, not ported. Must have
> vacuum during idle and little while blipping the throttle.
>
> Ben Bennett wrote:
>
> > 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
> > We have enough youth, how about a fountain of Smart?
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959

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