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Ansbacher
post Jan 18 2019, 06:22 PM
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Car = '74 2.0 Liter, Dual Dellorto Carbs

For years I have been 'adequately" running an 009 mechanical only distributor. Finally took the pervasive advice out there to go with a vacuum advance dizzy from a 1.8L 914. Since only one of my Dellorto carbs had an existing vacuum port (ported type), I had to drill a port in my other one (no problem there). I used good quality anti-pulse valves in the lines and measured a maximum vacuum of 12 inches of mercury with partial throttle.

Installed the 1.8 dizzy and set the timing, first without the vacuum lines attached. To satisfy my usual 30-32 degrees at 3500 RPM, the idle timing had to be at about 5-6 degrees (quite low for my setup which is happier at about 10 degrees. When I attached the vacuum lines my timing at 3500 RPM went sky high into the 40s. This seems way too high. Is this normal? Overall, I found the car to run better without the vacuum attached and the carbs plugged off.

Am I doing something wrong here? I don't like the numbers I am getting. Everyone said this was the way to go with carbs, but I am not seeing results. Advice appreciated.

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Ansbacher   Giving Up On Vacuum Advance   Jan 18 2019, 06:22 PM
nditiz1   Ditch that distributor and get the correct one for...   Jan 18 2019, 11:11 PM
pete000   The 123 Dist is the way to go and no need for vac ...   Jan 19 2019, 01:15 AM
Tbrown4x4   I'll be watching this with interest. I'm g...   Jan 19 2019, 03:57 AM
nditiz1   I can't find the diagram right now, but someon...   Jan 19 2019, 07:57 AM
BK911   I've been running an 009 with carbs on a 1.7 f...   Jan 19 2019, 08:17 AM
nditiz1   I've been running an 009 with carbs on a 1.7 ...   Jan 19 2019, 08:22 AM
Rand   I've been running an 009 with carbs on a 1.7 ...   Jan 28 2019, 02:16 PM
72hardtop   I've been running an 009 with carbs on a 1.7...   Jan 28 2019, 08:52 PM
tmessenger   SVDA 034 here's what they say for timing: Use...   Jan 19 2019, 09:13 AM
cgnj   How much vacuum @ idle? How much @ 3k? 7.5 degrees...   Jan 19 2019, 10:10 AM
Ansbacher   How much vacuum @ idle? How much @ 3k? 7.5 degree...   Jan 19 2019, 03:05 PM
tmessenger   Mechanical advance springs fatigue with age, with ...   Jan 20 2019, 09:50 AM
914_teener   I went through a tremendous amount of effort to fi...   Jan 19 2019, 04:14 PM
pete000   I love my blue tooth programmable 123 so easy and ...   Jan 19 2019, 04:35 PM
porschetub   My research indicated the anti pulse valve is only...   Jan 19 2019, 08:14 PM
Mark Henry   Engine I just built for a customer, 914 2056cc wi...   Jan 19 2019, 10:13 PM
Mark Henry   I've had a couple guys ask about the linkage, ...   Jan 20 2019, 09:42 AM
Ansbacher   Answers to some questions posed of me: Yes, I am ...   Jan 20 2019, 11:33 AM
r_towle   Based upon what is going on, and your last questio...   Jan 20 2019, 07:44 PM
72hardtop   Don't attempt to 'T' the lines togethe...   Jan 22 2019, 03:00 AM
Ansbacher   Don't attempt to 'T' the lines togeth...   Jan 22 2019, 12:02 PM
72hardtop   Don't attempt to 'T' the lines toget...   Jan 22 2019, 01:15 PM
IronHillRestorations   One thing I forgot to mention is that the 1.8 dist...   Jan 22 2019, 06:48 AM
Red72   Jumping in here, and I'm sorry to hijack it so...   Jan 28 2019, 11:21 AM
tmessenger   I went through this with a Triumph TR3 a couple of...   Jan 28 2019, 12:40 PM
Rand   Did you just suggest that you can create so much h...   Jan 28 2019, 09:05 PM
72hardtop   Did you just suggest that you can create so much ...   Jan 29 2019, 02:42 PM
Rand   Let me take this second to say that I respect Joe ...   Jan 28 2019, 09:21 PM
MarkV   No doubt fuel injection is better. Many of us have...   Jan 28 2019, 09:22 PM
914_teener   Ok....I'm an EFI guy so for carbs it's th...   Jan 29 2019, 04:30 PM
72hardtop   Ok....I'm an EFI guy so for carbs it's t...   Jan 29 2019, 05:04 PM
914_teener   https://web.archive.org/web/20001007043902/...ch/d...   Jan 29 2019, 04:49 PM
914_teener   Well then another dumb bunch of questions: Isn...   Jan 29 2019, 06:49 PM
72hardtop   Corrected. Got ahead of myself there. Ported vac a...   Jan 30 2019, 10:46 PM
tmessenger   Ported vacuum with vac port covered by the throttl...   Jan 31 2019, 08:23 AM
cgnj   Ported vacuum with vac port covered by the thrott...   Jan 31 2019, 08:31 PM
tmessenger   There are 11 years of knowledge in those 99 pages....   Jan 31 2019, 10:06 PM
72hardtop   Ported vacuum with vac port covered by the thrott...   May 8 2019, 03:54 PM
72hardtop   You can garner a lot from that thread with the fir...   Jan 31 2019, 11:18 PM
tmessenger   72hardtop Sounds like we have very similar engine...   Feb 1 2019, 01:28 PM
72hardtop   72hardtop Sounds like we have very similar engin...   May 8 2019, 03:47 PM


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