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1. [Healeys] Carb Adjustment Epiphany (score: 1): Author: Ray Carbone <racarbon@optonline.net>; Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:50:21 -0400; Over the past 40 years I have adjusted my share of SU carbs but recently I find that I may have been doing it wrong. I have always been under the impression that the pin on each HD8 was used to adjus; /html/healeys/2009-03/msg00666.html (7,675 bytes)
2. Re: [Healeys] Carb Adjustment Epiphany (score: 1): Author: "Dave Porter" <frogeye@porterscustom.com>; Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:57:02 -0600; What is logical about it? Dave frogeye@porterscustom.com Porter Customs 2909 Arno NE Albuquerque, NM USA 87107 505-352-1378 1954 BN2 1959 AN5 Porter Custom Bicycles cars: www.britishcarforum.com/por; /html/healeys/2009-03/msg00667.html (8,826 bytes)
3. Re: [Healeys] Carb Adjustment Epiphany (score: 1): Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:02:31 -0700; Do you have a link to the "new" technique? Bob -- ** Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." -- Albe; /html/healeys/2009-03/msg00668.html (7,942 bytes)
4. Re: [Healeys] Carb Adjustment Epiphany (score: 1): Author: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:20:00 +0800; If I read what you are saying correctly, is you are saying that you should lift the pin (or piston) of the front carb if adjusting the jet on the rear carb to check mixture (and vice versa) - this m; /html/healeys/2009-03/msg00669.html (10,591 bytes)
5. Re: [Healeys] Carb Adjustment Epiphany (score: 1): Author: George Haywood <haywoodone@hotmail.com>; Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:32:23 -0400; When I first subscribed to this list about 4 yrs ago a question came up regarding carb mixture adjustment and I blurted out that you should lift the pin of the opposite carb that you wish to check.; /html/healeys/2009-03/msg00670.html (11,027 bytes)
6. Re: [Healeys] Carb Adjustment Epiphany (score: 1): Author: Ray Carbone <racarbon@optonline.net>; Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:05:34 -0400; The documents referenced regarding the questioned mixture adjustment approach are from The Jag-Lovers Web titled SU Carb Adjusting 2.0 by Charles Bishop and an article by published a while back by R; /html/healeys/2009-03/msg00671.html (8,533 bytes)
7. Re: [Healeys] Carb Adjustment Epiphany (score: 1): Author: "Dave Porter" <frogeye@porterscustom.com>; Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:12:16 -0600; Perhaps the Swede's don't understand the theory of su's? Does the manual suggest adjusting the balance before or after the mixture adjustment? Dave frogeye@porterscustom.com Porter Customs 2909 Arno; /html/healeys/2009-03/msg00672.html (8,882 bytes)
8. Re: [Healeys] Carb Adjustment Epiphany (score: 1): Author: Bernard Cristalli <bcrist@club-internet.fr>; Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:32:43 +0100; It's very strange to see how those Healey and Jaguar lists are close. I belong to this one as well as to the XK, E-Type (XKE), and saloons lists. Dicussions are the same and the people are very close; /html/healeys/2009-03/msg00673.html (9,109 bytes)
9. Re: [Healeys] Carb Adjustment Epiphany (score: 1): Author: Ray Carbone <racarbon@optonline.net>; Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:39:07 -0400; Hi Dave, According to the articles referenced, the procedure is consistent with previous understandings in all but which carb to mixture adjust. All procedures, including carb synchronization, are fo; /html/healeys/2009-03/msg00674.html (10,312 bytes)
10. Re: [Healeys] Carb Adjustment Epiphany (score: 1): Author: Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl>; Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:06:04 +0100; I have always used the good old Colortunes to set the mixture of SU's of my Spitfire in the past, fast, easy and rather accurate. CO around 3-5%. Even use them now on twin Dellorto's, they never fail; /html/healeys/2009-03/msg00676.html (11,881 bytes)
11. Re: [Healeys] Carb Adjustment Epiphany (score: 1): Author: "Dave Porter" <frogeye@porterscustom.com>; Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:02:46 -0600; Well, sure enough that's what it says and I guess that if everything else was perfect (compression, ignition, etc) then it could be effective in adjusting dual carb situations. Let's review, when the; /html/healeys/2009-03/msg00678.html (9,287 bytes)
12. Re: [Healeys] Carb Adjustment Epiphany (score: 1): Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:31:36 -0700; I've tried all the techniques: lifting pin, Colortunes and, most recently, an exhaust gas analyzer. My observations: - never had any luck achieving the elusive 'Bunsen blue' with Colortunes--could on; /html/healeys/2009-03/msg00679.html (10,364 bytes)
13. Re: [Healeys] Carb Adjustment Epiphany (score: 1): Author: Healeyguy <healeyguy@aol.com>; Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:34:32 -1000; A tried and true reference book, "Tuning S.U. Carburetters Including Full Needle Charts" indicates that the mixture is adjusted on multi-carburetter set ups by adjusting each carb for air flow (same; /html/healeys/2009-03/msg00680.html (8,899 bytes)
14. Re: [Healeys] Carb Adjustment Epiphany (score: 1): Author: jerry wall <jwbn6@verizon.net>; Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:28:07 -0500 (CDT); _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Healeys@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys http://www.team.net/archive; /html/healeys/2009-03/msg00685.html (8,093 bytes)
15. Re: [Healeys] Carb Adjustment Epiphany (score: 1): Author: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:22:28 +0800; I'm sure some of you are asking about this, so here is the link to Charles Bishop's tuning guide: http://www.jag-lovers.org/xk-lovers/library/carbs_bishop/carbs_bishop.html Alan '52 A90 '53 BN1 '64 B; /html/healeys/2009-03/msg00694.html (9,541 bytes)
16. Re: [Healeys] Carb Adjustment Epiphany (score: 1): Author: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:37:41 +0800; I think what causes confusion here is when tuning the carbs, you are only supposed to lift the piston 1/32" (i.e. NOT the lifting pin). When I focus on this, I get very good tuning results by liftin; /html/healeys/2009-03/msg00695.html (9,299 bytes)
17. Re: [Healeys] Carb Adjustment Epiphany (score: 1): Author: "bispmotala" <bispmotala@hotmail.com>; Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:47:49 +0200; Hi all Good explanation Alan and quite to the point. 1/32 is a very tiny amount. Sven Sweden Who has had and tuned, successfully by factory method, multi SU longer than can be remembered. Never had a; /html/healeys/2009-03/msg00699.html (9,946 bytes)

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