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RE: 1275 Carbs

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Subject: RE: 1275 Carbs
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 07:58:25 +0200
Hi Clayton
A word of warning, the angle of the A series manifold used on a Mini is
different to that used on a Sprite (can't bring myself to say MG). The Mini
one could cause to carbs to touch the bonnet

John Reidy


Eddie -

Great advice!  Burlen also has manifolds to fit various SU's to "A" heads.

Clay L.
'67 Sprite

At 11:21 PM 9/17/01 -0400, Eddie Sheffield wrote:
>Oops! One more thing I forgot. Check out the Burlen fuel systems web site
at
>http://www.burlen.co.uk and go to the "Parts" link. There you can do some
>searches, and it will tell you all the parts that were stock for the carbs
>for the particular car. If you want to closely match the carb setup to the
>engine you're putting in, just enter the model of the car the engine came
>from (if you know) and see what was used. Especially the needles.
>
>Eddie
>1971 Midget
>
>On Monday 17 September 2001 08:37 pm, BCAH@aol.com wrote:
> > The 1275 I am about to acquire has no carbs with it. As far as I can
tell,
> > the HS2 inch and a quarter ones on my 948 will work just fine. The
question
> > I have is , is the inter carb linkage the same?  In other words, is the
> > distance between them the same?  Or do I have to find 1275 linkages too?
> > While I am at it, what about a better intake manifold? ------------Bob C



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