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Old 09-20-2003, 07:54 AM
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For what it's worth department:

In the old days (points and vacuum advance) "racers" would move the vacuum advance hose from the carb port to an intake manifold port. Theory being that the signal was a little stronger and came on a little faster, thus improving performance.

In some cases "idle speed" will be dramatically affected due to high advance as soon as the car starts, adjust idle speed accordingly.

I never heard of anybody using the "retard" vacuum part of the distributor for any purpose, so that is an interesting variation.

Ernie
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