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76van
PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:52 am 
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have a 45dcoe weber on my 1275 & can`t see anywhere to run the vaccum advance to. there are no vaccum ports on the manifold.

was thinking i might have to drill & tap the manifold unless anyone has another idea.

all help appreciated
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Forget the vacuum advance with a Weber.
You won't get enough decent negative pressure for it to work.

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ah ok, thanks for that
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Yeah, ditch it. Real Men don't do vac advance!

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Vacuum advance is a fuel economy device. A weber isn't. 8)
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Morris 1100 wrote:
Vacuum advance is a fuel economy device. A weber isn't. 8)

Show me a performance engine that uses vac advance..
Alfa twincam? Nope-
Fiat/Lancia twincam? Nope-
Cooper S? Nope-

If you have a decent duration cam in your A series, vac advance will do SFA anyway, even with an SU carb. So saith the cam grinder man with the engine dyno. :wink:

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:18 am 
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yep no worries.
think the weber is too big for my motor so going to an su anyway.

thanks for the advice all the same
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why not try some smaller chokes in it?

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Vac advance will significantly improve your fuel consumption - which is what its there for. If you're happy paying 30% more for fuel each week (the effect it had on my commute) then don't fit one.

Webers can be easily set up to return 30 mpg on an S which is not too shabby.

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