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The Right Carb?

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ds. i tune for mileage with a vacumn guage . i buy 6 ft of hose and run it in the cab.every vehicle is diff. my 72 ford ltd 429 with 9.7 comp. iske 262 mega cam.and a 1979 800 quad i lean it out until it hesitates up a small incline . then i increase 1 jet size the car weighs 4600 lbs has 2.75 gear ratio.at cruising speed 80 mph ya i live in big wonderful wyoming.not to many people on the highway and its far betweeen towns it pulls a steady 15 to 16 inches and gets 15 to 16 mpg.the carb has an APT that i adjust for fine tuning.at $3.78 for premium you got to make every gallon count. hope this helps. dean

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