Still in the thinking stage and trying to determine if the current owner of
the carbs wants to get rid of them.
Larry
At this exact moment in time 12/5/00 12:55 PM, "mgraziano@mindspring.com"
<mgraziano@mindspring.com> made the profound statement:
> The HS4s are the 1 1/2" carbs. Quantum mechanics in CT has the manifolds from
> the UK. Getting rid of the weber after putting in that nice filter?
>
> Mike
>
> Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu> wrote:
>> OK Pardon my ignorance, and my deleting a series of mails about what the HS4
> etc designations mean. Is the HS4 the 1 1/2 inch variety?? The reason I ask
> is I may have a set of 1 1/2 inchers for nearly free. Not sure yet then I
> have to get a manifold.
>
> Larry
>
> At this exact moment in time 12/4/00 10:09 PM, "Trevor Boicey"
> made the profound statement:
>
>> Nolan Penney wrote:
>>>> I was thinking of trying that with my 1500, but the stock manifold for a
>>>> 1500
>>>> was for the Zenith Stromberg carb. What kind of manifold can you use on
>>>> the
>>>> 1500 to fit SUs onto it?
>>>
>>> Get the intake manifold of an earlier Spitfire engine. If I remember right,
>>> you
>>> can go all the way back to a Mk II Spitfire manifold, and have it bolt up to
>>> a
>>> 1500. The earlier engines ran dual SU's, as did 1500's from countries other
>>> then
>>> the US. The 1500 SU's are the bigger ones.
>>
>> While the above would work, for the 1500 you probably should
>> get the real carb set for the 1500, which is dual HS4s on
>> a larger manifold. (compared to dual HS2s on a smaller manifold)
>>
>> The carbs are not hard to get, use the internet to find
>> a UK junkyard.
>>
>> Consider you are probably seeking more performance, this
>> is the only way to go.
>
> Larry Macy
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>
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