Hi Listers , I have owned a South A frican assembled Tiger for the last 14
years I orinally bought the car in boxes and rebuilt it from scratch . The
car has been a lot of fun and has done very well in several concours and show
events . Over the last eight years i have raced the car in classic and marque
car events with a fair amount of success . Of course we are always looking for
more power and to this end I have modified the motor slightly , still using
the original 260 . I have ported the heads , balanced the motor , fitted the
Edelbrock perfomer cam , fitted the Edelbrock f4b manifold plus headers and a
Edelbrock 500 cfm carb . Now comes the crunch , has anyone had experience of
setting up these carbs . The car perfomes very well on the road but on the
track under sharp cornering and a sudden wide open throttle situation there
is a dead area or bog down situation i think between the first and second
stage , I have tried various jet combinations and fuel pump pressures with
little change in the situation . Could it be that under sharp cornering with
the related G forces that the carb is flooding and maybe the float level
needs to be lowered ? The car is crisp in every respect only failing on rapid
acceleration out of the corners . I look forward to any comments .
Roger Wood Cape Town , South Africa
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