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72 MGB. I don't want to drag this out to far but I think you should know a little about the engine to help steer you in the right direction. The engine only had 500 miles on it when I put it to bed 15 years ago. Pulling it from the car I replaced all the seals, changed the oil,and after reinstalling in the car I fired it up by using a weber setup as I knew the weber was perfect. The engine fired right up and after a short time it ran great! Smooth as silk. Here comes the kicker. I rebuilt the SUs to factory specs using kits. New jets,needles(AAUs)Floats set to specs,etc,etc. After installing the SUs,and filling with fuel, the engine wouldn't start.I had to pull out the choke all the way just to get some life out of the engine.I had to drop the jets down to one turn from it's full limit to get the engine to run. Is this jet setting normal? Also while the engine is running and not smoothly,I removed the oil filler cap to look at the valve lifters to make sure they were getting oil pressure. (They were). But when I removed the cap,the engine dropped RPMs rapidly. Replacing the cap and the Rs came up. There is strong vaccume in the crank case. Is this normal? In my many years of working on everything from six carb. racing engines to family cars, I have never had a crank case with this much vaccume in it. For a test, I pulled the crank case vent hoses from the carbs, plugged the pipes. And the engine ran a little smoother but not near the way it should. I hope that there are some of you guys that might have an answer to this problem. I'm open to all ideas. Even though It runs great with the weber, I want the SUs on the car for originality. HELP! PJ /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif