I have a Stromburg on my 74. Runs well.
In the morning the engine is cold, so I drive Normal.
When I leave work , I don't need to use the choke cause the motor is still
warm. 95 - 100 here in Texas
When I first start off leaving work. There is a definate noticable power
increase. After about 15 minutes when everything warms up . I actually
notice that the car has less power.
I think I'll add a cold air intake. See what happens.
Perhaps I need to use a stop watch and see what my 0 to 40 is.
Pat
Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou wrote:
> I have twin SUs, and I have been using stock filters without
> any additional housing. I was wondering if it would be worth the trouble
> to install the filter housing and the air hoses that go from the
> housing to the front of the engine compartment.
>
> Obviously the goal of this stuff is to get cooler air to
> the carbs. So I took an indoor-outdoor thermometer, with
> the temperature sensor at the end of a wire, taped the
> sensor to one of the air filters, and drove around
> for a while.
>
> Here are the results:
>
> Outdoor air temp: 80 deg. F.
> Air temp at air filter when driving 30-40 MPH: 102.5 deg. F.
> Air temp after idling 5 minutes: 135 deg. F.
>
> My conclusions: It's not really worth installing this stuff to
> get 22 degree cooler intake air. But it would definitely
> improve the idle. After idling for a minute or so,
> the engine starts running rougher.
>
> BTW, I have un-wrapped headers, which certainly emit more heat than
> the stock manifold.
>
> Doug Braun
> '72 Spit
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