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Later Spitfires had them. When it was working I was happy with it, But
it was kind of a big add on thing and at least on mine the screws kept
pulling out and ruining the holes. Tried everything to fix it. Finally
gave up and replaced carb.
Roger
On 6/22/2021 5:04 PM, DAVID MASSEY wrote:
> The TR7 had an Fully Automatic Starting Device (FASD) which was a
> small carb that fed extra air and fuel to the intake while the engine
> was warming up. I guess they worked OK when they worked right. I
> have no direct experience.
>
> The TR8 had a water heated choke (enrichment device actually) that
> worked in a similar manner as the manual chokes (enrichment devices
> actually) with which we are all familiar. On my TR8, as was typical
> with most carbed carbs with automatic chokes) it either ran too rich
> or too lean under certain circumstances. I remember once I played
> heck trying to start the car after a snow storm in Lymon, CO. But it
> usually worked OK otherwise.
>
> Dave
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> Subject: [TR] Do some cars with ZS carbs have automatic chokes?
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> If so, do they work well?
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<p>Later Spitfires had them. When it was working I was happy with
it, But it was kind of a big add on thing and at least on mine the
screws kept pulling out and ruining the holes. Tried everything
to fix it. Finally gave up and replaced carb.<br>
</p>
<p>Roger<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/22/2021 5:04 PM, DAVID MASSEY
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<div> <font size="3">The TR7 had an Fully Automatic Starting
Device (FASD) which was a small carb that fed extra air and
fuel to the intake while the engine was warming up. I guess
they worked OK when they worked right. I have no direct
experience. <br>
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<div><font size="3">The TR8 had a water heated choke (enrichment
device actually) that worked in a similar manner as the
manual chokes </font><font size="3">(enrichment devices
actually) with which we are all familiar. On my TR8, as was
typical with most carbed carbs with automatic chokes) it
either ran too rich or too lean under certain
circumstances. I remember once I played heck trying to
start the car after a snow storm in Lymon, CO. But it
usually worked OK otherwise.<br>
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<div style="clear:both"><font size="4">Dave </font><br>
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