If he drives it much on the street, he might consider swapping in a vacuum advance distributor. It may even help mileage a bit as well.
Dale McIntosh -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J. Brady Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 5:11 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] edelbrock carb question (not for me!!) Thanks Dale. --- Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
