Re: Putting SU carbs in a 1500 Midget

[Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>]

Frank Clarici wrote:
> 
> "John C. Gottstein" wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >   There's a guy who has two HS2 carbs with the manifold from a spitfire that
> > I found.  Will these fit on my Spitfidget 1500 engine, and are these the
> > correct ones to use if I want to switch to SU's?  If they are, then I'll
> > find out condition, and figure out what a good offer would be.
> 
> They are the correct ones.

  Actually they are not, the correct ones are HS4s, which
are considerably larger. (1.5 inch not 1.25 inch)

  HS2s were used on the Spitfire 1300 engine, but not
the 1500 one.

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