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Originally Posted by Gregski
I am just a guy who likes to get his hands dirty but not fly by the seat of his pants, ie I don't believe you tune an engine by saying yup that sounds about right, or by putting your hand against the exhaust pipe and going oh yeah that feels right. COME ON MAN, have guys tuned their trucks like that for decades, yes sure absolutely, does that mean they were tuned properly, I strongly doubt it as there are some such subtle differences in the air fuel ratios that you can make that they do not change the RPMs where the human ear can pick the differences up nor the exhaust pulse yet the ratio can change by as much as a point[/LIST]
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wow, very detailed response! thanks. bookmarked for future references. This part makes me feel somewhat better i guess lol i tried to dial in my carb/motor the "right" way with the vacuum gauge and a timing light. It still runs like crap but better than nothing right?