It's a '63 Chevy II, and he's considering selling it to buy a F**D.. If he decides to keep the car, I'll definitely recommend the swap-
--- Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide
