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Old 02-07-2019, 06:23 PM   #1
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Default Vacuum Reading Revisited

I have an 8ba with an Isky 77b cam (not my choice), otherwise stock. It is tuned properly. At idle, it pulls 16 with a slight flutter on the vacuum gage. Is this reasonably normal for a mild cam engine??

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Old 02-08-2019, 02:22 AM   #2
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I have an 8ba with an Isky 77b cam (not my choice), otherwise stock. It is tuned properly. At idle, it pulls 16 with a slight flutter on the vacuum gage. Is this reasonably normal for a mild cam engine??

Thanks,
Steve

I have similar with an 8ba and Max 1 cam. I feel this is ok, am running a chev distributor.
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