2" SU's need to be properly suspended (very sorry all, but no more parts
available for this job at present).
Add a 4A manifold,long rams,& UL needles & enjoy. Quicker than Webers.
Jon Wood
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: "R. John Lye" <rjl@gt-classics.com>; "Richard Taylor"
<tarch@bellsouth.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 2:53 AM
Subject: RE: 2" Carburetor
> I think there's a simple problem there. You're bolting the carbs to a
sucko
> manifold. You might as well be doing the tuning to the next car over--the
> manifold is negating all your work.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ownes tr-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of R. John Lye
> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 12:04 PM
> To: Richard Taylor; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: 2" Carburetor
>
> Hi Richard,
> I'm (obviously) not Jack, but I can tell you of our experience
trying
> to get 2" SU's to work on Chip Bond's E-Prod TR-4. He spent a lot of dyno
> time with those carbs, and the engine was making more and more horsepower
on
> the dyno and going slower and slower on track. My take on it is that the
> engine was making more power at the top end, but was giving up so much
> driveability that his lap times were suffering badly.
> We ended up going back to 1 3/4" SU's and he went faster again.
>
> I hope that helps,
>
> R. John Lye
>
> rjl6n@cstone.net
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