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| | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 26 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 26 | How do you post a question in the forum? Every rock I bring is the wrong rock. Some help please.
I have a 1949 Chevrolet ½ ton with the original 216 engine that has been modified with dual Carter W-1 carbs and an electric ignition. I am the third owner on the truck after the first owner was a rancher that bought the truck new and sold it to my grandfather in 1955. I inherited the truck in 1972 and drove it original until 2000 when I tore it down to the frame and began a long restoration. The restoration is finally just about finished.
I just brought a 1949 Chevy 216 to life after twenty odd years. The 216 runs well and idles at 450 RPM. The concern I’m having is that the vacuum at idle is 10 inches vs the 20 inches I expected. I put dual Carter W-1 carbs on it. Do you expect the vacuum to drop when you double the carbs?
The compression on all the cylinders are good at around 115 PSI and the timing is on the mark. What do you think? | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | bosco24, go to the forum that fits your question....example: engine questions in Engine Forum, Driveline questions in the Driveline forum.
Go to that forum and in the left box you will see "new thread". Click on it and it will give you a box so you can put your question in it.
Note: ask each individual question in the forum if its.....not all the questions in one.
Hope you get it figured out......if you can make a post here in the Welcome Center you do the same in the other fourms. Look at the list and decide which one you want to put the question in.
If a moderator feels you can get a better answer to a question he can move it to help find results your looking for. Good luck. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 | Welcome back. 3 posts in 17 years, you must be doing very well on your own. As Alvin said, go to the Engine Shop Forum and click on New Thread and ask your questions.
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Ron, The Computer Greek I love therefore I am.1954 3100 Chevy truckIn the Gallery 2017 Buick Encore See more pix1960 MGA Roadster Sold 7/18/2017
| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,052 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,052 | To answer the question, your additional carburetor is causing the reduced vacuum reading at idle. It's the size of the venturi that creates the vacuum, and since you have two of them instead of one, it will make it easier for the air to get into the manifold where vacuum is measured.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,772 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,772 | Well, I guess he's gone underground for another decade or so.
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
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