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To: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>, Sean Day <sday@auracom.com>
Subject: Re: your mail
From: "Peter C." <nosimport@mailbag.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 13:51:16 -0500
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
In-reply-to: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9906041123300.26416-100000@saul9.u.washington.edu>
References: <3.0.5.32.19990604143702.0079a740@mail.auracom.com>
Reply-to: "Peter C." <nosimport@mailbag.com>
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Sean, Ulix,
        H = side draught    S = side float bowl (w/jet tube) (no letter = 
attached
bowl w/banjo) (D = diaphragm jet)  2 = 1-2/8 (1-1/4)   4 = 1-4/8 (1-1/2)  6
= 1-6/8 (1-3/4)      ie. number = number of eigths over 1
Measured at downstrean flange.  Sorry, I'me being rushed.... gotta go
Peter C
At 01:26 PM 6/4/99 , Ulix Goettsch wrote:
>Sean,
>manifolds are always separate on Spridgets.  It is only Minis where they
>are connected.
>You probably have an HS6, I can't think of a good way to check.
>Measuring maybe?
>If it is a good manifold, it can make just as much power as 2 HS2s.
>
>Ulix
>
>On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Sean Day wrote:
>
>> Hello all
>> 
>> A quick question, I think. My 1970 Midget has a rather odd carb / manifold
>> setup. There is but one carb and a totaly separate manifold. No evidence of
>> it ever having been connected to the exhaust manifold (which is now a
header)
>> 
>> So 1. Any idea where this might have come from, and 
>> 
>>    2. How do I tell what size SU I have ie. 1 1/2 inch or whatever. 
>> 
>> TIA
>> Sean
>> Nova Scotia, Canada
>> 
>
>    Ulix                                       __/__,__      ___/__|__  
>..............................................(_o____o_)....<_O_____O_/...
>                                              '67 Sprite     '74 X1/9


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