In a message dated 11/11/2002 3:53:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
pethier@isd.net writes:
> This is all news to me. The reason I was given was that the short-bubble
> hood went out of style when the TR4 was converted to Zenith-Stromberg
> carbs.
> The story was that the Z-S carbs did not fit all-that-well under the short
> bubble. This story may be pure fiction, but I have heard it several times
> from many directions. These other stories, I am now hearing for the first
> time.
Granted I've never measured them (and I sure don't feel like doing so right
now; it's raining), but I always thought the Strombergs were shorter than
SUs?
OTOH, maybe I will head out to the barn...to measure my short- and
long-bubble hood bubbles. Oddly, I've no TR4 to go with either one. ;-)
--Andy Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
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