uncle jack wrote:
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> >And, I also am one of those loonies who run Strombergs, primarily
> >because everybody says they are junk. More fun that way.
Baxter Culver wrote:
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> Strombergs as "junk". Years ago, when I was finishing the restoration of a
> Lotus Elan which had 175 Strombergs, I attended one of those seminars held
> by a former Lotus works racing guy (whose name has been obliterated by a
> pint or more of good scotch) who said, and I quote, "the fastest racing
> elan we ever set up had stombergs" "faster than the best we could do with
> webers on a works Type 26r" He wasn't selling the secret needles--but he
> did tell us which ones seemed to be the best for an upgrade. Damn thing
> did run well after that, I must say. So! Strombergs as junk?
>
Thanks for the encouragement. There are some disadvantages to
Strombergs, to be sure, but some of the dire predictions of failure just
have not happened to me -- for example, I've never had a diphragm break
in three years of racing.
One of the interesting aspects of Strombergs is that on the limited flow
bench work I had done, a stock Stromberg 175 showed higher flow than a
stock SU. A slightly modified Stromberg 175 showed even higher flow.
Nevertheless, I recognize that the fastest cars do run S.U.'s, and I
plan to prepare a set of S.U.'s and do a back-to-back comparison on a
test day just to further feed my curiosity.
> >
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uncle jack
61 TR4 Rallye Replica Racer
71 TR6 Street Car named Desire
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