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Re: Spitfire 1500

To: british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Spitfire 1500
From: mburdick@unmc.edu (Mike Burdick)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 93 10:53:00 CST
   > > it, I was wondering about switching to dual Zenith Strombergs for more
   > > performance as it came out them with in England (or so I've been told
   > > anyhow). Dual Webers would be nice but I don't think I can swing the 
price.
   > 
   > I'm not positive, but I think UK Spits got the SU carbs, and the USA spec 
Spits
   > got the Z-S carbs. 
                 ^^^^^

This should read "carb".  Starting in 1970 (last year for the Mk 3), all
US spitfires got one ZS carb for emission control reasons.

   > The Weber DGV is an aftermarket performance add-on. (a bit cheaper than 
DCOEs :)

Some would consider the DGV as a reliability addon as much as a performance
add on :)

Mike
mburdick@unmc.edu


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