At 12:55 PM 1/19/97 EST, Thomas J Pokrefke wrote:
>Dave -
>
>True enough the SU look better and perform better. In my case, however,
>they were far from practical. With frequent fluctuations in
>temperatures, the SU's were impossible to keep in tune.
>
>Case in point: When I drove back home for Christmas, I had the top down
>at 11 pm. The temperature was a balmy 68 degrees. When I left 2 days
>later, the temp had nose-dived into the 30's. When I got on the highway,
>I had to pull out the choke to keep the mixture rich enough to go 65mph
>(of course I stopped and fixed he problem at the next exit...).
>
>Perhaps the Weber won't let me down. Even if I never have to touch it, I
>still have plenty left to work on to keep the "grease under the
>fingernail" look.
>
>Thomas James Pokrefke, III
>1970 MGB (relax all...the wire wheels stayed silver)
>thomas_pokrefke@juno.com
>http://ocean.st.usm.edu/~pokrefke
>
>p.s. -- FWIW - I have the SU's in a box in the trunk in case of Weber
>failure
>
>
I'm confused? The SU's on my 74B have not been touched in three years (save
topping up the dampers) and my car starts regardless of the weather, I have
never had a problem running at 65mph either! OK before I get flamed for not
doing anything to the carbs in three years, that is one thing that I see no
reason to touch if all is working OK.
Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer, MA.
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