| |
Click on image for the lowdown. 
====
| | | Forums66 Topics128,037 Posts1,055,469 Members48,424 | | Most Online14,466 Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
Lots of work on Brad's part ... pure enjoyment (and references) for you!
| | THANKS!
For helping keep this great
old truck web site
on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down with Ads! Again, thanks! | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,751 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,751 | Just a first impression- - - -the bleed holes in the throttle plates look WAAAYYY too small for an engine that big, causing the idle speed screws to have to be turned in enough to interrupt the vacuum on the idle ports. On round track race engines with radical cams, it was not unusual for us to have to open up the bleeder holes in the throttle plates to let the blades close far enough to make the idle circuit work. Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | |
| |
| |