Randall, I think there IS a vacuum port on the DGV carbs on my 7. It also
appears to be
on the manifold side of the butterfly. I temporarily hooked it up to the
vacuum retard, did
not feel any advantage to it and sealed the carb back up again.
-Tony
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>From: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>
Subject: RE: UK TR7 carburetor/engine questions
Actual measurement, "mildly warmed" street TR4 with 42 DCOE's : 10%
improvement in fuel mileage by connecting the vacuum advance.
Since Weber's have no advance port, ingenious TR4 owner wired/plumbed an
electric solenoid to apply manifold vacuum to the advance only when the
throttle was off-idle. Such solenoids are common on US 'smog motors', my
wife's 89 Dodge Caravan has several of them ...
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