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Re: Carb Question

To: Mike Hartwig <mhartwig@cbu.edu>
Subject: Re: Carb Question
From: ENRIQUE CLAURE <span@datacom-bo.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 09:43:08 -0400
>>Oh yes...I also would like to know the pros and cons of both the SUs and
>>Zenith-Strom (leave out the weber for now...I can't afford it...)  :)
>>
>
>Blake, by all means stick with the SUs.  Even my worn SUs have held up
>quite well.
>The secret to SUs is to set them and don't fiddle with them.  It's when you
>start
>to fart with them, that you get into trouble.  I'm going on 1.5 years on
>only one
>initial setup and my front two plugs are nice and brown indicating a good
>clean burn, while my rear two plugs(three and four cylinders) are kinda
>black from a rich mixture.
>
>Things to check on your SUs are the throttle shafts as well as any other
>areas where
>vacuum leaks can occur.
>Please describe your problem more specifically and I may be able to help
>out more.

Jay, I am in the processof buying a new carb for my 77, it is a ZStromberg.
Could you please detail pros and cons. Between a SU and ZS, Enrique


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