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Thanks for the info - will come in very useful!

I'm a little confused with the vac tho, so if I just blank off the vac in the dizzy and set the timing to 14deg BTDC? This will be better, or will there be alot of more modifications required?

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Sorry Kevin I missed your post as I did not see 2 pages. My RV8 has standard heads and cam and I do have the vacuum on the left port at the moment. Are you saying change the timing to 10-12 deg BTDC and then reconnect the vacuum or have this disconnecting permanently? Thanks for the posts. I will al...

Hi sorry for delay but managed to finally get out and start solving this. I checked the float levels and changed accordingly but they weren't too much out. It starts but only if I keep revving otherwise it will die but probably need to sort out the mixture screws for that. Before I could play with t...

Thanks, yes I tried it as easy start and can get it locally.

Where can I find some eZi start - I have searched for it but all i get is 'hair rollers' and 'Perodua Myvi 1.3EZi start-up'

The fuel filter is new I have blocked off the all vac ports including the 'big one in the rear' :lol: (sorry could not resist that), apart from the one going to the dizzy so should be able to rule these out. I will check the following accelerator pump is squirting fuel out spray eZi start to check f...

Thanks for the replies. I have not set the float levels but have been reading the edelbrock manual and is it a case of just bending the float to a specific position? The filter is a 14" brand new one, and the carb is brand new I have not checked the accelerator pump - is this a case of putting ...

Hi all, I put the weber 500 carb and manifold on my 3.5 SD1 V8 about a year ago now and never got it running correctly. I changed/downgraded the primary needle and jet to a recommended one by RPI Engineering (i think) but still coud not get it running smoothly, and gave up on it until now. It idles ...