On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Thomas J Pokrefke wrote:
> 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...).
A likely explanation is that the engine was simply running cooler than the
temp the carbs were adjusted at. Put in a 180 or 190 thermostat, and
maybe a bit of cardboard over part of the radiator to coax the engine to
the proper temp. If I'm right, changing carbs won't help much.
WRG
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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