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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 09:38 AM
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SO have an Edelbrock Thunder series 650 and moving to a Barry Grant Speed Demon and I started thinking through the swap last night, comparing hook-ups, fuel and vac lines. I think I am in good shape except for two things:

1. The BG seems to have one less vac line port for the accessories. Am I missing something?
2. The BG has 4 idle mixture screws? Correct? Are these similar in nature in terms of functionality as those on the Edelbrock? They are not spring tensioned so I want to make sure I am not missing anything.

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Drop me an e-mail request for my BG setup, installation and tuning papers - these cover all aspects of what you are doing:
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Drop me an e-mail request for my BG setup, installation and tuning papers - these cover all aspects of what you are doing:
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I sent you a couple of papers on the BG setup and installation. Let me know if you have further questions or need assistance.
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Old Jan 8, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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I sent you a couple of papers on the BG setup and installation. Let me know if you have further questions or need assistance.
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Great, thanks again! I printed them all out and will read through everything in the next few days. Hopefully this will be enough to get me through it
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