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Re: Carbs for Roadster

To: british-cars%alliant.com@RELAY.CS.NET
Subject: Re: Carbs for Roadster
From: mit-eddie!RELAY.CS.NET!chrisp%mrloog.wr.tek.com@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
Date: 22 Mar 90 10:19:17 PST (Thu)
>So, we come down to a decision.  Do I keep on fiddling with the Webers,
>or do I go back to the original Hitachi/SU setup?  For $350 I can get
>the manifold, linkage, and rebuilt carbs for the SU setup, if I trade
>in my Weber manifold, carbs, and air cleaner.  I don't think there's
>any question that the SUs would work better for the street.  I don't
>drive really hard, and I'd like to get decent mileage.  Anybody think
>that changing back to SUs is making a big mistake?
>
>Wayne

In the Jag application of SUs (HD8s), it turns out that they actually
flow better than webers.  Some racers appear to prefer SUs to Webers!
end provide for a wider range of tweaking than SUs.  But, for some of people,
the simplicity of SUs have their advantages.  All in all, it sounds (on
the surface) to me that you might actually be gaining something by returning
to SUs...

 Christopher M. Perez           chrisp@mrloog.WR.TEK.COM
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 "I sat at the wheel like a cave man who'd just discovered a vending
  machine in the forest.  Too many choices, a dim brain and no spare
  change."       _Model A Oddyssey_ by Peter Egan (3/'88 R&T)


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