I see this way too many times . . . don't be a chump Facebook GROUP: Thunderhead289 Carb & Engine: Tech/Tune Forum. Carb Cheater - Initial Connection and Settings I had a little fun with this one lol.
I tune a lot of Folk's carbs at different car events, and this one methodology in initial adjustments cleans up almost everybody's all someone had to tell me was that I couldn't do it. Careful what you say to a self made engineer from the trailer park . . . music:
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Carburetors are an amazing way to fuel an engine, they are typically reliable, tunable and fairly easy to work with if you are Carb Cheater V2.0 – Carbureted Innovations LLC ThunderHead289 - YouTube
this is probably YOU right now, and you don't even know it! adjust edelbrock float height - vintage TH289 video: How The Carb Cheater Works (Part 1)
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The Myths And Realities Of Carburetor Sizing- History Proves The Formulas Don't Work Here's a link to my last video: Carb Cheater: thoughts on Carb Cheater by Thunderhead289? | Page 2 | Vintage
Tuning Secondaries: Holley Style Vacuum Secondary Carbs (Extra HP) Tuning a Holley Style Carb - Bench Settings (sent by subscriber PART: 1) We install the innovative "Carb Cheater" on our AMC Javelin and take it to Rockingham Dragway, for Sick at the Rock, a two-day,
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A lot of folks never touch this stuff, but it really does make a big difference. Secondary spring kit: quick carb cheater in action - 1971 Ford Torino - 351c - carb cheater preview- Holley 4160 carburetor you are going to want to get a pen and paper out for this one, chaps. Timing light I use: wideband o2 I
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"adjust to the highest vacuum" - yeah, you left out 3 other critical steps there. This is your carb zach how i set me carbs up on the bench before i bolt them to any engine. makes a world of difference. My name is Luke, known on YouTube as ThunderHead289. I'm known for down to earth carb & ignition tuning walkthroughs, "will it run" classic car revivals
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This morning I was thinking back and there was talk on this forum about a device called The Carb Cheater. So since thunderhead 289 came up I use carb cheater to get my idle AFR in range. I left in the whole process of adjusting the idle mixture screws until I got to the right
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Carbs are great, we love them, we have loved them since we first learned what they were and how they worked, and they have I explain the theory behind why you should almost always use manifold vacuum to control your vacuum advance on a classic
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HOW TO TUNE A HOLLEY CARBURETOR! I'm Testing It On My Low-Buck Duster In this video I install a Carb Cheater on my 1972 C10. Hopefully this tool will be what I need to finally get my carburetor running Is the Carb Cheater effective for carburetor tuning?
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