[Fot] Spitfire mixture needles

[Greg Solow]

Woops! I has been so long since I have seen anything but 1500 Spitfires, I 
got mixed up about the headers. The engine is a 1300 8 port head. The 
headers must be an aftermarket addition put on 30 + years ago.
                                                                             
        Regards,
                                                                             
                Greg Solow
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Subject: Re: [Fot] Spitfire mixture needles


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Solow <gregmogdoc at surfnetusa.com>
>
>
> We have been working on a 1968 Spitfire Mk 3, It is a stock, very 
> origiinal
> car. We have just done a valve job, installed hard exhaust seat and new
> guides, & replaced the rings. The compression is great and the engine is 
> nice
> and tight. It has the stock tubular headers that cam on this year car and 
> the
> dual 1 1/4" HS-2 carbs.
>
> ==AM==
> Greg, I've no sage words of wisdom about the problem, but I do have a 
> question. Which engine are we talking about here? You mention "stock 
> tubular headers" -- they were "stock" only on the Spitfire 4 Mk2 with the 
> 1147cc, six-port engine (FC series). An original engine for a '68 Mk3 
> would be an FD series, eight-port, 1296cc. engine.
>
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>
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