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augidog
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 Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:24 am Post subject: Has anyone disconnected the vacuum retard unit? |
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Just a thought .All I do all highway driving and when I sit in traffic I rev up to raise the pressure.
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alxch1n15
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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creepy avitar... clowns scare me
but good question. i want to know too
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Mike924
Joined: 12 Aug 2004
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Location: IoW UK
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| Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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Disconnect it and plug the holes.
Vacuum retard is just another of the power-sapping measures to stop Americans poisoning each other on the roads. 
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Vince Ponz
Joined: 02 Nov 2002
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| Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 9:33 am Post subject: |
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I believe I don"t use it but then I have carbs with MSDS.
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endwrench
Joined: 07 Dec 2002
Posts: 1631
Location: Victor, Montana
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: Has anyone disconnected the vacuum retard unit? |
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| augidog wrote: | | Just a thought .All I do all highway driving and when I sit in traffic I rev up to raise the pressure. |
What vacume retard!??!!?!? MJLJ doesn't have a vacume retard! Get your butt in gear and "get'er done"!! 
Todd
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Mike924
Joined: 12 Aug 2004
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Location: IoW UK
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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I'm confused now. Your car's running the normal CIS, right, Augidog?
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Darin81T
Joined: 03 Sep 2003
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Location: Vader, WA
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| Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:21 am Post subject: |
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| and dude, "vacuum retard" is not the preferred nomenclature - "vacuum mentally challenged", please. |
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Khal
Joined: 26 Sep 2003
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Location: Sunny and lovely interior BC, Canada
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| Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:29 am Post subject: |
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| Darin81T wrote: | | and dude, "vacuum retard" is not the preferred nomenclature - "vacuum mentally challenged", please. |
Oh yeah! We've got another Lebowski fan!
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endwrench
Joined: 07 Dec 2002
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Location: Victor, Montana
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| Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 3:00 am Post subject: |
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| Mike924 wrote: | | I'm confused now. Your car's running the normal CIS, right, Augidog? |
Augidog is running stock fuel but has been trying to get his MegaJoltLiteJr hooked up. Same thing I and others are running. Just razzing him
Todd
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'79 924NA. Rebuilt 9.5:1, MSDS header, Mega Squirt Injection, MJLJ-EDIS Ignition, 1.6L Whipple Charger and Intercooler, 10lbs Boost, 944 Trans, Custom HD Clutch.
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