<VV> Cylinder head torqueing

[John David Thomson]

Thanks, I have done the heads according to the sequence in the 65 shop manual and feel confident.

Now the next question.
I have quite a few carbs from various cars and am picking the ones to use for the rebuild of this 1965 140 block that is going into a 1966 convert with 4 speed.   I have two exceptionally clean new looking 1966 primary carbs, but they are from the automatic model by the tag number.  I also have a set of 1966 primary carbs from a manual car, but they are very very grotty and will take a lot of work to clean up.  Can I just use the auto tranny carbs, since according to the GM parts manual, the only key difference is the jet size (auto has 0.050 and manual has 0.051 jets)?  I have rebuild kits and could swap the jets at that time, when I am cleaning up and rebuilding them.
Comments?   Dave.........................

----- Original Message -----
From: BobHelt at aol.com
Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:03 am
Subject: Re: <VV> Cylinder head torqueing
To: jdavethomson at shaw.ca
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org, NicolCS at aol.com, kent_duncan at yahoo.com

>  
> In a message dated 7/17/2007 8:29:37 AM US Mountain Standard 
> Time,  
> jdavethomson at shaw.ca writes:
> 
> So for  all you folks who have done this many times, which 
> technique should I 
>  use?
> 
> Regards, Dave..........
> 
> 
> 
> Dave, 
> You will probably get all of those methods recommended, but IMO 
> #1 is the  
> only correct way to torque.(the Chev 1965 Shop Manual method).
>  
> Regards,
> Bob Helt
> 
> 
> 
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