Mark A. Bunce wrote:
>
> The engine that I replaced in the 1970 Spit MKIII had a single
> Stromberg
> carb. The 1969 engine that I put in had dual SU's. I had to put the
> Stromberg
> on the 1969 engine at the time but I was wondering if it would be
> better to
> rebuild the SU's and refit them. Any opinions? How hard are they to
> rebuild?
>
> Mark
General consenus is that the SU's use less gas, are easier to tune, and
you get more power. And they are not hard to rebuild, I did my first
rebuild on HS2"s this year and had never attempted to rebuild a carb
before, and they work. Better than when I got the car 18 years ago.
Larry Zink
1964 Spitfire4
Houston
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