Topic: Synchrometer vs Manometer for carbs

[Techedtyler]

So I'm getting ready to synch my carbs and almost all the how-to vids and articles explain how to balance the carbs with a manometer.

My brother gave me his Synchrometer and said it would do the same job if not even better. Instead of hooking up to the vacuum ports it just seals into the mouth of the carb. I guess you just take readings and make adjustments until everything matches. Seems really slick!

Has anybody used these on a sohc and had good results?

[LesterPiglet]

This device will not take the airbox/pods influence into account. How much of a difference that makes I've no idea.

[kghost]

If your talking about 1 synchro meter it's best to do all 4 carbs together.

Somewhere in the bottom of some long forgotten box I have a synchro meter.

It's a single unit that I used to use for SU carbs on British B block cars.

If its a single unit you'll bounce back and forth doing all 4 carbs.

And when you change one carb setting the other 3 move around.

[BobbyR]

This type of thing has come up before. Your Synchrometer was great for an auto carb. When you are talking four carbs, you will drive yourself crazy. When you use four gauges you will quickly see that when you have one carb adjusted and you move to the next carb, the one you just adjusted perfectly has changed. Doing them one at a time will take you all day. 

[Techedtyler]

Thanks guys!

manometer it is!

[lucky]

If it was me I would get the dial type gauges.

Forget all those hoses and fluid, and fluid getting sucked out and air bubbles .

The dial gauges are so much easier.

[LesterPiglet]

Thers isn't any fluid in the Morgans.

[BobbyR]

Thers isn't any fluid in the Morgans.

Morgans use metal rods and is a very good gauge but very expensive. Some gauges have mercury in them and if you rev by accident it sucks out the fluid. Lucky is correct. Dials are cheaper and less bothersome.