Ross, as a long time driver of English and German stuff, I agree! Of it
ain't broke don't fix it. A little PM is fine but let a sleeping dog lie.
George
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Ross Overcash wrote:
> At 12:55 PM 1/19/97 EST, Thomas J Pokrefke wrote:
> >Dave -
> >
> >True enough the SU look better and perform better. In my case, however,
> >they were far from practical. With frequent fluctuations in
> >temperatures, the SU's were impossible to keep in tune.
> >
> >Case in point: When I drove back home for Christmas, I had the top down
> >at 11 pm. The temperature was a balmy 68 degrees. When I left 2 days
> >later, the temp had nose-dived into the 30's. When I got on the highway,
> >I had to pull out the choke to keep the mixture rich enough to go 65mph
> >(of course I stopped and fixed he problem at the next exit...).
> >
> >Perhaps the Weber won't let me down. Even if I never have to touch it, I
> >still have plenty left to work on to keep the "grease under the
> >fingernail" look.
> >
> >Thomas James Pokrefke, III
> >1970 MGB (relax all...the wire wheels stayed silver)
> >thomas_pokrefke@juno.com
> >http://ocean.st.usm.edu/~pokrefke
> >
> >p.s. -- FWIW - I have the SU's in a box in the trunk in case of Weber
> >failure
> >
> >
>
> I'm confused? The SU's on my 74B have not been touched in three years (save
> topping up the dampers) and my car starts regardless of the weather, I have
> never had a problem running at 65mph either! OK before I get flamed for not
> doing anything to the carbs in three years, that is one thing that I see no
> reason to touch if all is working OK.
>
> Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer, MA.
>
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