thanks for the compliments
I forget what I am pulling for vacuum. I used to have a working gauge on my canister but the car rattled it apart. 17" of vacuum? I don't think I pull 10" (that didn't sound right did it?).
all I can remember, is that after I originally put most of the engine together back when, I was looking to go the fuel injection route but I learned something then. they told me that I would be pulling nowhere enough vacuum to run fuel injection on the car, so that's when I said "screw it" and went with dual quads at the time. if you can't join 'em... beat 'em, or maybe it's supposed to be the other way around...hahahaa
I do get one "ok" hard stop and then probably one "not so good" stop after before I'm empty. I definitely want to go manual for the more constant safety factor, and the coolness of a cleaner looking set-up.