Swap preference for a VC42

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Postby berth1206 » Thu May 21, 2020 11:33 am

Hello All. I am wondering what the consensus favorite is for a carb swap on a ‘66 with a Hitachi VC42?
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Postby RiverPatrol » Thu May 21, 2020 12:38 pm

The Rochester that came later is directly compatible.
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Postby berth1206 » Thu May 21, 2020 1:18 pm

Thank you RiverPatrol...! Do you know the part number on that Rochester? How’s the performance?
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Postby RiverPatrol » Thu May 21, 2020 2:49 pm

Performance is about the same. Lots of mention here of the Rochester model when you search, here's one post: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5602&p=44042&hilit=rochester+model#p44042
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Postby berth1206 » Thu May 21, 2020 5:44 pm

thank you again. I'll check out the post now.
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