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Re: Can you walk me thru this?
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Originally Posted by geezer#99
1. Gap your plugs at .045.
2. Install headers, then tune.
3. More initial timing. Try 14. Adjust mechanical to give you 32 at 3000 rpm.
4. Put vac hose on vac pot and use your lungs. If it snaps back it's working.
5. Vac gauge and adjust mix screws for highest vacuum. Start at 1 1/2 turns out.
6. Timing first, carb second.
Link for your hei mods.
http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/w...EI_distributor |
This^^^
Amazing what getting your timing nailed down before doing anything to the carb can do.
Gary
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My 1972 GMC 1500 Super Custom (Creeping Death) "long term" build thread.
The Rebuild of Creeping Death after the wreck
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Originally Posted by LONGHAIR
I would never rebuild a 305.
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Originally Posted by prostreetC-10
I love using vacuum gauges as part of the carb tuning process. I hook the gauge to the inside of my garbage can and leave it there.
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Originally Posted by Marv D
Remember Murphys 2nd law of mechanical relationships... "OPPOSING COMPONENTS ATTEMPTING TO OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE, AT THE SAME TIME, GENERALLY END UP OCCUPYING ADJOINING SPACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL PAN"
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Originally Posted by cableguy0
Its cheaper to listen to advice given when you ask for help than it is to ignore everyone and wait for carnage.
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