[Roadsters] Solexes

[Gary and Cindy Ault]

Richard,

You mean you don't carry a complete set of jets and an O2 monitor with you 
on such excursions?  Well, there's the problem!  ;-)

Gary

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brown" <reblues at gmail.com>
To: "Datsun Roadsters" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 2:12 PM
Subject: [Roadsters] Solexes


> So,  Let me tell you about solexes and Weber's.  They are absolutely great 
> at
> the altitude you tune them for.  But for driving at different altitudes 
> they
> suck.  When I had them on my car and well tuned there was nothing better 
> than
> the roar.  But when I hit the mountains I had to shift to second and 
> sometimes
> first to get up a steep grade.  Su/s compensate for that and give a much
> better driving car.  Don't get me wrong/  I loved the solexes, but they 
> sucked
> when taking a fun run in the mountains.
>
> Richard
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