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Re: why no vacuum adv with Solexes?

To: slick1@mohaveaz.com, az589@lafn.org, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: why no vacuum adv with Solexes?
From: "Chris Robertson" <ckrobertson@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 18:46:35 -0600
They are smog exempt because they are pre-1968, when emissions requirements 
took effect.

Chris


>From: "Patrick P. Castronovo" <slick1@mohaveaz.com>
>To: "STAN CHERNOFF" <az589@lafn.org>,        "Chris Robertson" 
><ckrobertson@hotmail.com>,        <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: why no vacuum adv with Solexes?
>Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:10:19 -0800
>
>I think that the absence of the vacuum on the Solex has to do with why they
>are Smog Exempt.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: STAN CHERNOFF <az589@lafn.org>
>To: Chris Robertson <ckrobertson@hotmail.com>;
>datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Date: Monday, February 12, 2001 8:29 AM
>Subject: Re: why no vacuum adv with Solexes?
>
>
> >Chris,
> >
> >There is no ported vacuum connection on standard roadster 44PHH carbs.
> >
> >Stan
> >===========
> >
> >At 09:25 AM 2/12/01 -0600, Chris Robertson wrote:
> >>Why does the U20 with a solex setup use a distributor with no vacuum
> >>advance?  Is it because static timing is set to 20 degrees?  I would 
>think
> >>that it could still benefit from more advance at high rpms.  Gordon?
> >>Amyone?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Chris
> >>_________________________________________________________________
> >
>

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