your solex car will go faster in fouth gear than in 5th
the other car that tops out at 4000 rpms has a problem somewhere.
may be fuel or ing or a comnbination of both, or some internal engine
problem
Mike Kerr
Restoration Products
3730 todrob Ln.
Placerville, CA 95667
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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Murphy <andrew.murphy@integtech.com>
To: 'datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net' <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 8:33 AM
Subject: Opening him up
>Hey list,
>
>As one of the more non-technical owners, I was intrigued by Alan's query
>about his "topping out" at 4000 RPMs and about 80 mph. When I had my 67.5
>1600, I topped out at about 88 MPH at about 4800 RPMS although I am sure
the
>tech guys will tell you the R-16 can go faster.
>
>Which brings me to my 67.5 Solex 2000. I often have heard Vic Laury talk
>about running it up to 5000 RPM in fifth gear and he equates that to about
>105-110 MPH. Vic has SUs in his car. Now on my long road trip, I was out on
>I-5 between Bakersfield and Sacramento. If you have ever driven that
>stretch, it is long and boring. So I amused myself by opening him up. (A
>note about "Him" later)
>
>Now the Solex setup I have on my car does make for good "off the line"
>performance. Yet after I floored the accelarator, I found that I hit my max
>at about 5500-5700 RPMs and got it up to between 120-125 MPH. Quite fun and
>a little scary, but I was all alone out there so I felt pretty safe. Now
>obviously the gearing has a lot to do with it as I can rev the car to 7000
>pretty quickly in the low gears or at idle (Duh).
>
>So although we have had several threads about top end performance, who has
>the math about the throttle/carbs/gearing ratio? If Alan is "topping out"
at
>4000 RPM and myself at 5500-5700 RPMS, what could we do to improve this?
>
>Just curious and preparing to keep up with Victor on future SoCalROC runs,
>
>Andrew Murphy
>67.5 2000 Solex
>
>P.S. I refer to my car as "him" because he has been dubbed "Hiro" by my
>mother. A great homonym!
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