[Alpines] Dual webers

[£auri]

I am quite sure there was a Holbay manifold for Series Alpines before
H120 was introduced.
Ron Tebo sent me a photo of such.
It seems to me that it is curved so that carbs rise upwards over the
steering box.

Lauri Lehtinen
journalist, engineer
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Ldhetetty: 25. helmikuuta 2009 16:44
Vastaanottaja: ?auri Lehtinen; alpines at autox.team.net
Aihe: Re: [Alpines] Dual webers

Hi Lauri,

Since the Holbay manifold was used on the Arrow body Alpine, the carbs
will actually point downward when installed on a Series Alpine.  It has
straight runners and, on a lefthand drive Alpine, it difficult to use
because of the brake master cylinder.  I have one that was cut and
rewelded to provide a 5 deg upward angle for the carbs.  I was using a
Wilwood master cylinder and it barely fit.  I removed and reinstalled
the engine and it would no longer fit.  The real interference point was
the steering box.  I made some spacers to go under the motor and
transmission mounts to lift the engine slightly and it still wouldn't
fit.  I ended up getting the Redline manifold intended for the Series
Alpine and having the intake runners welded up to match the Holbay head.

You can see some pictures of when it did fit at
<http://www.tomhill.freeservers.com/photo4.html>
http://www.tomhill.freeservers.com/photo4.html
 <http://www.tomhill.freeservers.com/photo4.html>
 <http://www.tomhill.freeservers.com/photo4.html> Tom Hill
 <http://www.tomhill.freeservers.com/photo4.html>