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Old 10-25-2003, 04:54 PM   #2
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The holley power valves are labeled by their vac rating. For example, a 65 opens up when the vac drops to 6.5". Normally, you want to run a power valve that's rated at about half of your idle vacuum. Hope that helps.

As for the vacuum going up with RPM.... I dunno. The idea about the carb being too small makes sense, though; like trying to suck a milkshake through a straw, you build up a high vacuum inside the straw unless it is big enough. I run a 351C with a moderate profile cam, and a 750 seems perfect, so if your cam is huge, it may do better to with a bigger carb.

The thing that confuses me is that the power valves open at low vacuum and put extra fuel into the mixture. So unless your jets are super rich, I would expect you to be running lean since your vacuum is so high. That's obviously not the case, though, since you keep fouling plugs.
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