In a message dated 11/15/02 1:35:04 PM Pacific Standard Time,
biffjones@erols.com writes:
> David Jacobs wrote: "there's a possibility you could blank
> off half of it as they used to do with 'split twin' Webers on race
> Minis/Midgets,
> so the port velocity through the remaining open half would be in the right
> range for fuel atomisation etc."
>
> Which brings up my question, What is/was the advantage of mounting two DCOE
> Webers with one throat blanked off each over just installing one Weber with
> each throat working each intake? I've seen many old pictures where they
> did
> that on 1000 - 1275cc engines. Wouldn't the throat velocity be the same
> with one vice two? Other than the look of a 'pair' of side draft Webers
> what
> do you gain??????????????????
>
> Biff Jones
> '59 Bugeye 'Kermit'
> '61 Sprite 'Ole Gray' in "The Healey Book"
> '71 Midget 'Freebie' under restoration
> http://sprites2.homestead.com/
>
>
Biff:
The gain was probably 1 or 2 horsepower and it had to do with lining up
the ports so it was a straight shot in vs the curve with a single weber.
John
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