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Holley 3 port carb regulator, does screwing in up pressure or down it?

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Old 05-09-2001, 07:38 PM
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Holley 3 port carb regulator, does screwing in up pressure or down it?

I dont have a gauge and i need to turn the fuel pressure up on the holley adjustable regulator. Do i screw in the nut to raise it or screw it out?
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in raises it, out lowers it.

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screwing in lowers the pressure at the carb on a dead-head style regulator.

most Holley deadhead regulators are 3-port.


on a return style regulator it would be opposite... so tightening would raise the pressure.

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