Message text written by Randall Young
>My suggestion is to make sure there are no leaking vacuum ports, and leave
>the vacuum retard disconnected. It's only purpose in life was to lower
>emissions, your engine will run better, cooler, burn less gas, etc.
without it. The
>only caveat is that without the retard, it may be hard to get the idle
down with
>the stock carbs. With the Weber, you should have no trouble at all.
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I beg to differ, Randall. The vacuum retard module, when hooked up
properly, only functions when the throttle is fully closed (at idle). Any
time the throttle is opened more than just a crack the vacuum goes away and
the retard is out of the picture.
However, since this is an SCCA car (and if emissions are not an issue) and
since there is most likely no port on the Weber that provides vacuum only
at closed throttle I sould leave this module disconnected.
Dave Massey
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