Aaron-
Being a UW Husky alum it goes against my nature to agree with a Coug, but I
concur that the Z-S (or D-S if you prefer) is not a bad cold weather
starter. I have a '76 MGB with the Z-S, but the thing that vastly improved
my starting ability was the conversion to manual choke. The auto-choke just
never seemed to work right.
In regards to David and his original post, is there conversion from this
"FASD" to a manual SD possible?
-Steve Conley
'76 MGB Roadster
Marysville, WA
p.s. Aaron- Howabout a bet on the Apple Cup- Loser buys a quart of Castrol!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Whiteman" <aaronw@wsu.edu>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 8:16 AM
Subject: Re: carb question
> On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, R. O. Lindsay wrote:
>
> > It's been my experience that the ZS carbs are neither good cold weather
> > starting carbs nor are they fair weather friends. If you have an SU
option,
> > go that way. YMMV
>
> Ahh the irony... My current car, the (still) nameless '75 B has the
> ZS carb (otherwise known as that Damn Stromberg). The SU's are in my
> house waiting for more parts! Winter has come to Pullman, the snow is
> on the ground (and our high of 30ish will keep it here for a bit).
> The DS is a little harder to start now than it was in August
> (highs of 95ish), but not bad at all. My previous B was a '78 that
> a DPO had converted to a Weber DGV, but never bothered to connect the
> choke. _That_ was real fun to start in the winter. In comparison,
> the 'hard starting' of the DS is quite nice actually :)
>
> I no longer have the '78 (gave it back to my dad on the wrong side of
> the Cascades). It still remains chokeless, but should start just fine
> over there with the wet but warm winters.
>
> It is really too bad I have to work today, The roads are clear and the
> sun is out. Perfect top-down driving weather :)
>
> --
> Aaron Whiteman - aaronw@wsu.edu - email with subject 'PGPKey' for pgpkey
> RCW 19.190 notice: This address is located in Washington State.
> My opinions are mine and do not reflect the views of the University.
> :wq
>
> '75 B (my only car, and begging for the Thanksgiving trip West)
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