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Gear reduction starter

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jdunne:
David,all of what i said was examinable material......good news,you passed....what i was on about is that not only do they work better but you get more space,on the other hand ,with extractors you get a bad bad heat problem that can kill standard ones stone dead...mine is a Tilton which is a beautiful piece of work and it works brilliantly,i think it was A$300,they are not at all hard to get....john:o

david_moore:
Hi there John - Don't get me wrong I find your opinions of a very high standard! I am convinced the gear reduction starters are better! And you can usurp my position in the queue any time you damn well please! Have you managed to sort out the engine performance of your Corvette, I seem to remember you battling to get it to rev out properly. Is it a Rochester carb you are using? I am pretty sure the later model Rochesters have the float level set too low. Look at the different float levels for a late 70s compared to an early 70s. Mine is a 79 and after rebuilding the engine, with a few mods I found the recommended float level for a 79 was 15/32inch, for a 70 it is 1/4inch. After setting it to 1/4inch it then revved out perfectly. Get a big black vet up ya!
Regards
Dave M;27

jdunne:
David,started with Qjet,then 2 edel 750 vac sec(both with manufacturing probs)then new style Holley 750vac sec...as that didnt fit on rpm airgap without a spacer to adapt base,it was too high....now old style holley 750 vac sec...just needs some dyno time to tune properly.....got a small vac leak that is contrib to idle prob but the flutter at 4000 rpm is just tuning....all i need is some uninteruppted time to do it.....john

Brutus:
John...Let me know where I can find some of that uninterrupted time......I'll even pay good money for it.:b2

david_moore:
I am with you Brutus, Wouldn't it be good if decent dollars just rolled in by themselves and nasty interruptions like work didn't exist. I keep telling myself I love my job but sometimes it wears just a little too thin. Perhaps it is time to ask the boss for another pay rise!! Four Dollars aweek from the big boss is just not enough!!! :20

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