[Bob Carriere]

HI Phil

The first carb I used was a NOS 261....never opened..... would not run without part choke.... which resulted in black exhaust coloring the winch drum.

The second was one of those NOS mid 60 carb that was sold on EBay.... got a pair of the early postings for $15 each..... when they ran out they were going for $100.......

First carb worked fine until it crapped out in the back field..... never would run smooth again.....

The third carb was the second NOS $15..... runs perfectly.... rioght out of the box.....

The first two did not seem to respond to adjustment form the idle valave screw... the 3rd one runs real smooth...... idles around 400 rpm.... need to get a proper low range tach......

Now get this..... it idles very low and steady at around -10 inch vacuum.....38 pounds oil never above 150 Degree F....... revs up real fast to about -22 inches vacuum.... Dizzy travels well with the vacuum advance..... at speed it reaches 42/44 on the oil.....

Should the vacuum be that low.....??

Old hot rod guy down the road has the old dwell meter gauge which I hope to coach him on showing me how to optimize the settings...

Any suggestions...?

I will need to install a massive spring on the throttle...... driving it on the back field gets very jumpy and my heavy boot keeps punching the accelarator.... that little sucker will spin all 4 wheels on wet grass/mud like crazy....... way too much torque and pep......

Bob