Re: [Spits] Vacuum port

2008-05-26 Thread Greg Rowe
I believe that the only difference between ported vacuum and manifold vacuum is at idle. With ported vacumm, since the throttle plate is closed, there is little or no vacuum at the carb although there will be 15-20 inches at the manifold. However, at higher revs, the amount of vacuum is constant

Re: [Spits] Vacuum port

2008-05-26 Thread Richard Gosling
Bill wrote: "...While I'm not an expert in vacuum dynamics, I would think in this case that vacuum is vacuum..." With the proviso that I am not an expert on this area either, I do think there is more to it than that. Based on vaguely recollected forum messages I've read over the years, you get a