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Bayou Shoe · 10-12-2007, 08:44 PM

At the beginning of the year I switched to Alky with my BBC, and I was scared of all the stories I heard. I got an APD carb (because everyone said they do not milk the oil), and I was told by several big engine companies that i did not need a Vacuum pump. So I went racing with out one. Oil never Milked, I got the temp up to 180* to 200* and shut the engine down, pulled the breathers as well. Never had any Milky contamination in it at all. So from what i was told you do not need one, but I plan on getting one just for the hell of it, I ordered the Aerospace kit from Jegs and it was 735.00 witch I don't see as that bad. A good friend of mine has been running his motor for over 350 passes with nothing done to it at all, not even bearings or plugs. He has no vacuum pump but he does put a 1.5 hp shop vack in one valve cover after he has pulled the breathers and lets it run for about 10 minutes before he loads the car up in the trailer.

10-12-2007, 08:44 PM	#18
Bayou Shoe Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 78 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: to vacuum pump, or not to vacuum pump, that is the question? At the beginning of the year I switched to Alky with my BBC, and I was scared of all the stories I heard. I got an APD carb (because everyone said they do not milk the oil), and I was told by several big engine companies that i did not need a Vacuum pump. So I went racing with out one. Oil never Milked, I got the temp up to 180* to 200* and shut the engine down, pulled the breathers as well. Never had any Milky contamination in it at all. So from what i was told you do not need one, but I plan on getting one just for the hell of it, I ordered the Aerospace kit from Jegs and it was 735.00 witch I don't see as that bad. A good friend of mine has been running his motor for over 350 passes with nothing done to it at all, not even bearings or plugs. He has no vacuum pump but he does put a 1.5 hp shop vack in one valve cover after he has pulled the breathers and lets it run for about 10 minutes before he loads the car up in the trailer.