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Re: Spitfire 1500, fitting of Vacuum gadge question

To: "James" <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>, "triumph" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Spitfire 1500, fitting of Vacuum gadge question
From: "Larry Quirk" <Larry.E.Quirk@gov.ab.ca>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 20:44:47 -0700
half way across the manifold interconnects will give you the continuos
vacuum reading you want.
Larry(Spitman)
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> From: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>
> To: triumph <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Spitfire 1500, fitting of Vacume gadge question
> Date: Monday, March 02, 1998 4:30 AM
> 
> 
> I have just made a new perchace of a Vacume gadge, it's
> from the right period, the last in the shop.  It also 
> looks the same as Smiths gadges, although it's not made
> by them.  
> 
> I have with it a fixing kit, this includes a 1/4 BSF
> gizomo to put into the manifold.  I have the UK manifold
> for dule SU's and wan't to know the best place to put this. 
> 
> I have two options, tap the valume advance and run it from just
> one carb, or tap it half way along the carburetter manifold
> interconnects. 
> 
> Has anyone ever fitted this before, any coments and sugestions?
> 
> I got the meter cheaper because it had a chrome surround, and 
> contained no plastic 
> 
> -- 
> James Carpenter
> Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot

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