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Offline Duanob

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how come everyone pulls their carbs multiple times?these carbs are piss easy!go over your ignition again first,i think im repeating myself again here?

Dave didn't you get the memo? It takes at least three times to join the OCD (obsessive carb disorder) club!
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and then you have to wait for the skin to grow back on your knuckles before you do it another three times.

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how come everyone pulls their carbs multiple times?these carbs are piss easy!go over your ignition again first,i think im repeating myself again here?

Dave didn't you get the memo? It takes at least three times to join the OCD (obsessive carb disorder) club!

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how come everyone pulls their carbs multiple times?these carbs are piss easy!go over your ignition again first,i think im repeating myself again here?

Dave didn't you get the memo? It takes at least three times to join the OCD (obsessive carb disorder) club!

 Then I should be eligible for higher office in said club. And not by choice, either! Hopefully, my term limit is over, though....
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question.  What are he tubes that connect cabs 1 and 2  and then 3 and 4?  What is the purpose of these 1 inch or so tubes?
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I think I got this mofo on lockdown. I will say this however... I can totally see a fuel injection mod coming up in my future... maybe not this year, but someday.  How hard is that to do?
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I think I got this mofo on lockdown. I will say this however... I can totally see a fuel injection mod coming up in my future... maybe not this year, but someday.  How hard is that to do?

The biggest problem with fuel injection is the amount of electrical power it draws to run it.
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