RE: Carburetor woes

["James Bown" <jaguarsandrail@hotmail.com>]

James,
I have been running a Buick 215 in a Dune Buggy for many years.
I have a Holley 390 CFM on it and it works great.
The G forces on the Dune Buggy can get rather extreme in any direction and 
yet the engine never misses a beat.
Regards,
Jim Bown


> From: "James Nazarian" <jhn3@uakron.edu>
> Reply-To: "James Nazarian" <jhn3@uakron.edu>
> To: "v8" <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Carburetor woes
> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 23:28:19 -0500
> I have a two part carburetor question.
>
> I love my 625cfm Carter but it has a serious problem.  Everything about the
> carb on the street is great but I have a racing problem that I can't seem 
> to
> work around.
>
> During hard cornering, the car is falling flat on its face.  The further I
> raise float level the better it gets up until the point that I set the
> floats to 0 clearance between float and lid, then it just floods.  What it
> boils down to is the carb is uncovering the outer pair of jets around
> corners and starving the engine.
>
> I've talked to a few other racers and they had the same problem.  The only
> solution anyone has for me is to change to a Holley.  I admit that I 
> haven't
> talked to Edelbrock yet but I don't have high expectations.
>
> First question, does anyone know of a solution?
>
> Second question,  what is the Holley of choice for the 215?  I prefer a
> 4bbl, but I'm open to 2bbl suggestions.
>
> I find it hard to believe that the Edelbrock/Carter/Weber carb can't be 
> used
> in road racing, so I'm inclined to think that there is a solution hiding 
> out
> there somewhere.
>
> TIA
>
> James Nazarian
> 71 MGBGT V8
> 71 MGB Tourer
> 87 BMW 325es
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