On Mon, 9 Nov 1998 WSpohn4@aol.com wrote:
<My father might have a point on the SUs over a weber, but my B has a
Weber, and on more than one occation i was glad. when something goes
wrong with them, it was very easy for me to find the problem so that i
could drive to school with out worring about my gas pedal staying down (
one morning i lost the throtel spring, so i had to lift the petal with my
foot to stop accelerating.) that's just my opinion.=20
Safey Fast,=20
Adam Deutsch
72B
> <<Lastly I do not recommend Webers instead of S.U.s. In fact I have a 75
> B that was converted to S.U.s from ZS and I wouldn't change a thing.
> But who asked me anyway?
> Safety Fast,
> David Deutsch >>
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> Well, I for one, agree with you. I've seen so many people bolt a Weber on=
to an
> early twin carb engine with great expectations, and end up getting about =
1 bhp
> per $100 for their trouble. Without suitable head work they are wasting t=
heir
> money. The larger SUs are a better match, IMO, for the street and mild
> competition use in any case.
> Of course they don't look as neat, and I think that many people, no matte=
r
> what they say, are largely motivated by appearance. This might account fo=
r all
> of the downdraft Weber conversions, which don't do a damned thing for
> performance, and are in many ways inferior to the original carbs, but let=
the
> owner brag that they have 'Webers' (usually incorrectly pluralized).
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> Bill S.
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> PS - I do agree that _anything_ is better than the single ZS carb, but ex=
pect
> that if I was ever so deluded as to give garage space to a rubber lipped
> travesty of an MG on stilts, I would opt for a set of earlier twin SUs.=
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