Hello! I am in the midst of converting an old Allis-Chalmers farm tractor from the stock engine, which had a cracked block, to a small block chevy 350. The engine came out of a 1984 pickup. The carb number is 17080213. I've ordered a rebuild kit from Cliff, along with one of his books. I'm just wondering if there's anything specific I should be looking at when I tear into this thing. It looks like a crazy octopus with the number of vacuum lines all over the place...I'm hoping there are some things I could do to minimize that. My goals are sort of counter to how most folks might tune a carb...I need absolutely no top end, the engine will likely run at 1500-1800rpm most of the time, so I'd really like it to run smooth and efficient at low RPM and keep things as simple as possible. I'm not opposed to keeping the automatic chokes, but I'm not sure what all else *has* to stay for the unit to function as designed. Most of my experience is with either bare bones Edelbrock units, motorcycle CV carbs, or small engine units, so this is a new animal for me. Here are a few pics.
