Electrical Vacuum Pump Conversion Project

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Electrical Vacuum Pump Conversion Project

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01-29-2014, 08:41 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mach4

What I was hoping would happen is that the VCV would only "take 12 inches" and then "close off" - it doesn't, it bleeds it off excess vacuum continually, at the max rate allowed by the orifice (restrictor). That fact makes an electrical vacuum pump, or any pump that cannot run continually a non-solution.

I was re-reading this thread a bit. Could you put in a smaller restrictor that wouldn't bleed down vacuum so fast, and still have the transmission shift well?

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