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1. fixed leaky carbs - and strange power throb (score: 1): Author: "James Carruthers" <jcarruthers@freenet.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 13:28:18 +0100; I spent saturday morning trying to fix the damn jets on the newly installed carbs. I successfully got them to stay in place - it ends up the rubber o-ring was perished - so I swapped them for the one; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00339.html (10,530 bytes)
2. RE: fixed leaky carbs - and strange power throb (score: 1): Author: "Catchpole, Pat" <Pat.Catchpole@ntc-europe.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 14:00:44 +0100; James, it sounds like you may be running too rich with the new carbs. What needles are fitted (3 letter code)? Paul Tegler's site has good info about this. You will have to 'enrich' (thinner needle); /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00340.html (9,326 bytes)
3. Re: fixed leaky carbs - and strange power throb (score: 1): Author: "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk>; Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 14:26:54 +0100; Thought so.. Excellent Did you adjust the throttle stop screws? these control the engine speed at idle, and may need turning up.. When you fit K&Ns to the spitfire it increases the ease with which ai; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00342.html (12,380 bytes)
4. RE: fixed leaky carbs - and strange power throb (score: 1): Author: "James Carruthers" <jcarruthers@freenet.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 15:27:48 +0100; Thanks for your replies... Ive revised my plan: Seeing as I have a knowingly working carb unit - Im going to keep that on the car. Ill change the standard air filter over to the K&Ns. Im guessing tha; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00346.html (8,746 bytes)
5. RE: fixed leaky carbs - and strange power throb (score: 1): Author: "Catchpole, Pat" <Pat.Catchpole@ntc-europe.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 09:36:10 +0100; Hopefully you managed to check the needles in the carbs last night and found that they are ABT (standard). For use with K&Ns a good starting point is to use AAQ needles. These have the same diameter; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00365.html (10,236 bytes)
6. RE: fixed leaky carbs - and strange power throb (score: 1): Author: "James Carruthers" <jcarruthers@freenet.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 10:21:57 +0100; Checked my needles - they're AAU needles. The springs - what springs are we talking about? I only took notice of the giant springs in the dash pot (im still not sure if Im getting these names right).; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00366.html (10,133 bytes)
7. Re: fixed leaky carbs - and strange power throb (score: 1): Author: "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk>; Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 11:35:24 +0100; Those are the springs! They should have a small spot of paint at one end.. I got my last set of needles from Moss mail order! Tim -- Tim Dafforn University of Cambridge Structural Medicine Unit Cambr; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00367.html (8,776 bytes)
8. RE: fixed leaky carbs - and strange power throb (score: 1): Author: "Catchpole, Pat" <Pat.Catchpole@ntc-europe.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 11:56:42 +0100; I would imagine that AAU are *way* to rich even if you are using a full sport exhaust. There is a downloadable Excel spreadsheet that makes needle comparison easy, I think there is a link on tegleriz; /html/spitfires/2001-10/msg00380.html (11,226 bytes)

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