Balancing 101

[Mike_H]

So, I was able to aquire some Flow meters off a piece of equipment from work thinking that I will be able to use them to balance my carbs (free is much better that 95 bucks for a carbtune). My question is this... Can I use flow? I have a bone stock 82 650L. I know that a manometer measures vaccum pressure, and a flow meter will measure how air is going through the engine. I don't care about absolute readings cuz I'm just trying to make them equal, right? Any info here will be appreiciated. Thanks

[gsbill]

Somebody makes a meter like the one you re talking about which is used to set up carbs. Cant think of who. You can do that.

[hungryman]

Vacuum is just an indirect way of reading flow.

[Mike_H]

Thanks for the responses. Pretty much what I thought, but I wanted to confirm. Sometimes me being cheap gets in the way of really doing whats best for my projects.

[arveejay]

Won't you need to sync. the flow meters to each other somehow, before syncing the carbs?

[duaneage]

Syncing on the engine vacuum betwen the carbs and head is better because you are adjusting the throttle plates and that is reflected in the vacuum you see.