David: Does the conversion to SUs require changing both manifolds and the
exhaust system? In Rhode Island we are required to maintan a catalytic
converter if the car was originally equipped with one. This poses problems in
converting to SUs I believe. Maybe other listers have confronted and solved
this problem.
Frank
David Councill wrote:
> I wish there was a good reference manual. The lack of said manual is
> perhaps one of the biggest drawbacks to the Zenith Stromberg carbs. The
> Haynes manual is no longer in print - it has been consolidated into a
> general carb manual covering Webers, SUs, and Strombergs.
>
> The hot water choke itself comes in several varieties with minimal
> documentation on the inner workings. There is also a manual version of the
> Stromberg 175CD - it is slightly different however from my experience.
> Throttle shafts are different diameters, linkage is different. My
> experience, however, is with the dual 175 CD carbs as used on the TR7.
>
> Personally, I would convert to SUs which is what I am doing on the TR7. I
> can't get the idle under control and documentation is poor on the
> Strombergs. SUs are more basic and easier to work with. Between temperature
> compensators, bypass diaphragms, auto choke devices - its too much trouble
> to work with without sufficient descriptive manuals.
>
> David
>
> At 10:17 PM 1/9/01 -0500, frank krajewski wrote:
> >The carb on my 1980 MGB LE is a Stromberg 175 with the dreaded hot water
> >choke. Is this a different model from a Stromberg 175 CD? I am
> >contemplating buying a good used one as opposed to rebuilding mine and
> >keep running into the different model numbers. Is there a good reference
> >manual available that spells out the various Zenith Stromberg
> >applications?
> >Frank "Swamp Yankee" Krajewski
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