Thank for backing me up -- I knew that's what I saw. Since this PO had got
the motor all the way from the old country, it' s not surprising that he had
also acquired some UK speed parts.
The thing that reflected on his judgment was that he installed all this
bling-bling in a total East Coast rust pig of a GT -- the entire body looked
like swiss cheese from the beltline down. I wondered how it got to CA -- it
sure didn't look safe to drive, but it didn't look worth hauling, either (it
had NJ plates).
on 1/12/04 10:03 AM, Dodd, Kelvin at doddk@mossmotors.com wrote:
> Larry:
>
> Actually there would be some advantage, particularily during transition. Moss
> UK does have a twin Weber DCOE manifold for the B series, and I did own one
> for a number of years, but never used it. Some lucky so and so bought it from
> me at the Pasadena MG swap meet after I decided to go with a cross flow head
> (still not installed either).
>
> The twin manifold allows the Weber accelerator pump jet to fire straight into
> the intake port, rather than slinging into the wall of the manifold. This
> should improve low speed transition, and the straighter and shorter intake
> tract should improve top end. I figured you could use less accel. pump shot
> and get away with bigger venturi's and still have good low end and transition.
>
> I doubt if it would be much better than the twin SUs for street driving, but
> it seemed an interesting thing to play with. The cross flow head knocked the
> project out of the water though, as it is a real step forward rather than a
> skip sideways.
>
> Then the supercharger came out, and I'm trying to come up with the time to get
> that installed.
>
> Getting closer though. My workshop is up and the yard looks like the
> battlefields of Flanders with trenches criss-crossing the place. All it needs
> are a few machine gun nests to get the full effect. We have to cross two
> bridges just to get to the house!
>
> Finally the MGC GT, 65 MGB race car, 58 Magnette, 66 Jag 3.8S, 79 MGB, Rover
> Sd1 and wrecked Mazda Miata have a place out of sun and rain. Now if I can
> just get time to hook up lights etc.....
>
> all the best
>
> Kelvin.
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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