I don't know why this didn't go thru the first time at noon. Cleaned up some
space on the bottom.
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From: "Wayne Lee" <wayne@motorcarriage.com>
Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 12:03 PM
To: "spook01" <spook01@comcast.net>; "Triumph List"
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] zenith or su's ?
I spoke to Joe yesterday on another matter. I don't have any issues with my
SU's on my TR6. I mentioned him sending out a set of Needles to try on my
TR6 SU's the
way I set it with BAE that are now of the fixed type. I had since modified
the
profiles on another set on my old 1936 Lorch & Schmidt Watchmakers Lathe
and will be trying those.
Joe knows there is no set prescription for the fine tuning of Conversion
Jobs. He said
why pay $15.00 for a set of Needles You might have to throw away. I'm going
to go the
conservative route and get another Set with plenty of Stock on them to
modify the profile.
He sold me complete rebuild Kits with Needles and Diaphragms for the 2"
HD8's on my
65 Rolls Silver Cloud but that was an easy application to figure out on
Cars
with stock configurations.
A funny thing he did say was his opinion on everyone's opinions on forums
and the such on SU Carbs and their Op Ed Websites and some do more harm
than good
spreading misinformation.I forgot his exact phrase, but if You know Joe it
was something to the
effect. "that opinions are like some anatomical orifice(I forget) and that
everybody has one"
Other than having my Tool & Die Machinery here at work to help when doing
SU work, I discovered my Hobbyist Horological equipment invaluable in
rebuilding SU's
from the Ultrasonic Cleaner to the Watchmakers Lathes to re-profile Needles
and make up Shaft
Bushings etc..Thankfully my SU's are doing great, but I don't mind
tinkering to see if
they could be improved, short of using an Exhaust Gas Analyzer.
There's not a Carburetor around simpler to work on or modify than the
SU's. I wish they would
let me run them on my Cortina Kent powered Hawke Formula Ford instead of
the
Weber 32/36 DGV.
Cheers,
Wayne
64 TR4
75 TR6
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From: "spook01" <spook01@comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 11:33 AM
To: "Anthony Rhodes" <spamiam@comcast.net>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>;
<wayne@motorcarriage.com>
Subject: Re: [TR] zenith or su's ?
> if i were you guys, i would give joe curto a ring since he has worked on
> the carbs longer than most have been screwing them up!
> let him select a spring and needle from his lists and send it out to you.
> Best,
> Ray
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