Hi All,
Thanks for the Weber jetting assistance. I received the new jets
and the throttle linkage from Pierce Manifolds today. They had what I
needed, but I must say I wasn't impressed with Mr. Pierce's attitude (He
acted on the phone as if he was doing me a favor selling me these parts).
Anyway, the throttle linkage kit didn't come with instructions so I
spend a while going, "Hmm... how 'bout like this... nope, like this? nope...
ah, this sorta works." After sorting that out (I think I got it right) I
adjusted the idle mixture and went for a test drive. She ran fantastically.
All I can say is, Where'd my Spit go? Cause this can't be the same
car. It sounds great, drives great, quite a bit more power. This was a
good idea. I even managed to accidentally chirp the tires while
downshifting from forth to third to take a turn. It sure never would have
done that with the ZS-150.
Anybody who is considering this conversion, do it! That is, unless
you're a stickler for originality, or emissions regulations are strict in
your area. (My last inspection was "turn on your high beams... ok, $15
please. A far cry from the MOT, huh?)
Only problem is now I really gotta go in and replace those main
bearings so the damn thing will stop rattling and have some reasonable oil
pressure. Oh well, crank is already scored anyway. When the B goes to the
bodyshop I'll have some free garage space to do the work.
Jeremy DuBois
Programmer/System Administrator
Thermalogic Corporation
'74 MGB, '76 Spit
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