[Roadsters] Weber and manifold

[Ronnie Day]

David Boerst

I want to get rid of the SU type carbs. I have 3 MGs and have had many more
for 30 years. I need or shall I say my woman needs?/wants a dependable
sports car. She has a 1986 Honda Accord and a GMC 1 ton van. She keeps
getting stranded and I have to go and get the car running. By the way the
car has a after market tube header, medium lift cam. I have been building
small block Chevys for 3 decades also. I shoe-horned a 302 ci (327 block
with 283 crank) dual quad tunnel ram, 12 1/2 to 1 forged pistons, 202
heads.....you get the picture into a 1954 Austin Healey 100-4 and a similar
engine in a 1964 TR-4 both tubbed with a 9" rearend.

I need a "child proof" carb system. I am also looking for metering rods as
one is bent and the choke piston sticks. Car is very hard to start. I am
thinking since the breathing has already been updated a Weber system might
be the way to go.

Does the Weber or any other carb have an accelerator pump?
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David,

SUs, in good condition and setup properly, are far better for street use and
much track use than Webers or Solexs. That said worn out SUs like I have on
my '70 2000 aren't so hot either, as you've found out. However, don't expect
to simply stick a set of totally different/usually bigger carbs on a stock
motor and have your problem cured, because they won't be. Get a good set of
SUs and get them set up right. You won't regret it.

Check out Keith Williams' Roadster Ranch (
http://www.datsunroadsterranch.com/) and Z-Therapy (http://ztherapy.com/)
for excellent SU info and remanufactured SU sets.

HTH,
Ron