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Re: Weber question, Sprite cam

To: rccook16@voyager.net, vintage-race@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Weber question, Sprite cam
From: "Roger Sieling" <sarl45@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 23:28:00 -0400
Dave Jr may have closed the business, but he's still around and might be 
able to tell you. Actually, the Winners circle may be just as good a source 
for info.

Roger

>From: "Rick Cook" <rccook16@voyager.net>
>Reply-To: "Rick Cook" <rccook16@voyager.net>
>To: "Vintage Race Mailing List (E-mail)" <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Weber question, Sprite cam
>Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 22:30:45 -0400
>
>All you Weber gurus. I've changed chokes from 33 to 35 on my 1500 Lotus
>seven (2-40DCOE's) and am having a time getting the thing to idle worth a
>damn. Chokes were a tight fit, checked the floats, fuel pressure,  checked
>for air leaks, changed mains till I'm going nuts. Idle jets are the same F9
>(fairly rich) but idle mixture screws work right. I've run it down the road
>once and it pulled good at speed, but it will bog down while idling till it
>quits. Acts like it's flooding but what would cause this by changing to
>bigger chokes?
>
>Second question: Anybody know how to find out what degree to time a A 
>series
>cam which I got from Dave Taber (Comptune) years ago? My memory is 106
>degrees from TDC on the 1 intake but I don't trust my memory. The numbers 
>on
>the cam are BJ 295 17E73. I understand Dave's son has gone out of business
>and I never knew where he got the cams.

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