Ernest's latest activity
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Ernest replied to the thread Holly Metering Block Issue.To be honest... i've never heard of a holley metering block fail. Has anyone ever used another form of idle mixture screw seal other... -
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Is it possible for gas to leak around the idle mixture screw cork seals while the engine is off? As i was waiting for a new set of...
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Ernest replied to the thread Holley Power Valve Tester.Just to get an idea on how this works for those that want to build this kit for themselves, i found a great example YT video of one in...
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Ernest replied to the thread distributor advance.Back in the old days, when distributor "recalibration" machines where plentiful, now only a hand full exist if that, this would have...
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Ernest replied to the thread distributor advance.Time, money, guessing and frustration.... or for $500, you can avoid all that, well, the time, guessing and frustration part and go with...
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Ernest replied to the thread distributor advance.You do know that too much initial timing will cause hard starting issues when the engine is hot. A slightly warmed over stock...
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Ernest replied to the thread Funny Car Related meme's.Funny... back in the mid 80s, i had a '78 trans-am, and became a pontiac head after that, buying all sorts of books on history and...
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Ernest replied to the thread Holley Power Valve Tester.Yes, it does have the PV blowout protection, but The ONLY thing i can think of is the 10% ethenol 93octane gas i use... slowly eats at...
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Ernest replied to the thread Holley Power Valve Tester.I figure most of the people here are on EFI anyway, but for us carburetor guys, and for around 1/3 of the cost of the moroso unit to...
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Who would pay $55 or more for the moroso version, i know i wouldnt, but unfortunately... i did. Story goes... i was looking to build a...
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Ernest replied to the thread distributor advance.This was a good 2 1/2 yrs ago when i did this, i replaced the whole shaft assembly from the aftermarket one with the ZZ4 one. From what...
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Ernest replied to the thread distributor advance.At the time, when i was using an aftermarket mechanical HEI distributor, i too was looking for those coveted GM 41/375 weights by...
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Ernest replied to the thread Funny Car Related meme's.Must be an illusion... what carburetor? :D
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Ernest replied to the thread distributor advance.Correction on that vacuum hose size... 5/32" ID prefered for a much tighter fit using mityvac type hand pumps to the vacuum advance can...
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Ernest replied to the thread distributor advance.Heres a good read on vacuum advance and timing...
