right heres the problem ive got, ive got a escort with a 1.6 cvh running with a carb, the only problem is that ive put a new engine in and theres meant to be a little pipe runnig from the back of the ditributor and i dont know where its meant to go to.
any ideas would be helpful cause i cant work it out

 

help me pleeaaase someone must have one of these and know

 

This is the vacuum advance hose. It should plug into the inlet manifold.. shud be a noticeable hole somewhere

 

lol thats what i thought but i cant find a spare pipe or hole there, do you think i thould put a conector into one of the other pipes from the inlet then join that on ?

 

Some of them have the pipe on the carb itself.....

 

ill have to get some pics when im next over there so you can have a look

 

no no really im not bothered about having a look

 

think it goes into a plastic like vacuum box that then goes off to the carb!get some pics up my man

 

You can tap into a vac feed with a "t" piece, but most likelas said one at base of carb somewhere.
What carb is it ?, ford fitted VV, 28/32 TLDM, 32DFT(xr3).
You can use a vacuum source from the inlet also, so long as it gets a feed, it is just for advancing the timing on cruise conditions to save fuel give better emmisions.
It will work ok without it but be a lot better smoother with it.
tabetha

 

it one of the big round twin webber carbs

 

What model/year did it come off ?
If from XR3 then it will be 32DFT, if not will be 28/32TLDM also fitted to xr2.
tabetha

 

i think the carbs of a fiesta 1.1 but origionally it was a escort sport and the carbs look identical

 

A carb from a 1100 festa is never going to work well!!
What letters numbers are at the base of the carb ?
Failing that just "T" into another pipe.
tabetha

 

ive heard the 1.1 single port carbs make a 1.6 quicker, dunno if its true tho, i just want to get the car running again

 

Who told you that

Admittedly i know the best part of fuck all about carbs but i can't see that myself

 

i dont know cause ive never tryed myself but a few people that i know have told me that, aparently people that do bangers stick the single port one on and it makes the car accelerate better, dunno how true that is tho

 

I assume your car is a road car not a banger car ?
a smaller carb will flow better low down that is true due to velocity through it.
It is when it reaches it's much earlier limit of airflow, that is then restricts power enormously.
This is why big engine have big carbs and little engine have little carbs.
I could see that on a limited track like a banger track a smaller carb would be an advantage but not on the road, it will massively restrict the power.
Carbs are sized to engine load/air demand, get the right one, it is pointless trying to get this one to run.
As it is a carb 1.6 get either the xr2 one or better the xr3 one, will make a world of difference over a wheezy 1.1 carb.
You are going to be hard pushed to get over around 65/70 bhp out of the carb you have, with mods.
The 32DFT fitted to xr3 will allow over 120, std xr3 is 96bhp so get xr3 cam or piper/kent etc to go with it if you want.
tabetha

 

well when it was on my old engine, which was a bag of crap may i add. the car used to piss all over my brothers mk6 escort which is a 1.6 zetec