Not odd at all, the distributor is set up for mechanical advance only. Great for race cars but not too practical on the street anymore. If timing is the issue, he'll need to recurve the mechanical advance in the distributor itself.
Dale McIntosh -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J. Brady Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 11:48 AM To: Chevelle Group Subject: [Chevelle-list] edelbrock carb question (not for me!!) I'm asking this question for a friend of mine from the local cruise nights.. My friend is running a 350 in his Chevy II, and it's running a little hot (hits about 220 at a redlight, as soon as he starts moving it drops). I told him I was having the same problem with my '66 327, and then I found out I had the vaccuum hooked up wrong going from my distributor to the carb (had it on port vaccuum, not manifold vaccuum). I told him as soon as I switched it over and re-timed the engine, my car now runs at a cool 190.. He asked if I could check his at the show yesterday and I said sure- Upon looking at his engine, he's running a Mallory ignition which has no vaccuum advance cannister, and has BOTH the port and manifold vaccuum ports blocked off on his carb. I was shocked, b/c every SBC I've ever seen had a vaccuum line running from the dist to the carb.. Does anyone else find this setup odd? Should he have the manifold vaccuum port on the carb going somewhere else at least, if it's not going to the distributor? Thanks, Jim '66 Malibu http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jbiii/my66.htm '59 Corvette http://59registry.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide
