[Fot] SU vs Stromberg

[Charly Mitchel]

I was told the old ZS carbs with the large top had the best flow of all on 
the bench.
Charly Mitchel
TR6 #44
----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] SU vs Stromberg


> nice to know i am not alone.....both cars have Strombergs....one for 
> almost
> 20 years of vintage racing.
>
> i think the TR4  strombergs got a bad name when parts and needles were 
> hard to
> come by.
>
> then the strombergs got changed when they went on TR6s....these seem to be
> awful
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rodkent at cox.net
> To: VANDECARR at aol.com; Tony Drews <tony at tonydrews.com>; fot at autox.team.net
> Sent: Tue, Mar 15, 2011 12:15 pm
> Subject: Re: [Fot] SU vs Stromberg
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>
> This will be a fun one to watch, I personally like the TR-4 type 
> strongbergs
> the
>
> best. That's what I used on my SCCA national 6 for years before the webers
> were
>
> legal, never missed a beat. I think they are both good, but the friends I 
> had
>
> running SU's seem to have to fiddle more. I think it's just personal
> preference.
>
> Good luck........rod
>
> ---- Tony Drews <tony at tonydrews.com> wrote:
>
> On the 1.75" carbs, the strombergs have a shallower float bowl, and
>
> the floats aren't oriented optimally.  On the SU's, the float bowls
>
> are deeper and you can orient the float pivots toward the front and
>
> rear of the car.  The strombergs, when mounted on the right hand side
>
> of the engine will have issues in heavy cornering left hand turns - I
>
> think they went rich, but it's been a while.  Car would fall flat on
>
> its face for a second until the carbs recovered.  Very
>
> frustrating.  Based on that experience, I'd recommend the SU's.
>
>
>
> - Tony Drews
>
>
>
> At 06:36 AM 3/15/2011, VANDECARR at aol.com wrote:
>
>>I've noticed most of the vintage racers use SUs instead of Strombergs. 
>>On
>
>>my TR 6 I had the webers but I'm now driving a Lola with a Lotus twin cam.
>
>>It has the Stromberg head and the Weber heads are just not available or
>
>>stupid expensive.   I adapted the Weber 45 MCHH carbs and they work
>
>>OK but can't
>
>>take the G forces and are constantly spilling gas.   After many
>
>>modifications and 2 fires at the last event in Georgia I've decided
>
>>to trash them.   I
>
>>have a set of Strombergs and SUs   I can rebuild, which would be best?
>
>>
>
>>Dean VanDeCarr
>
>>TR 6 autocross
>
>>More TR6 street cars than my wife allows
>
>>1970 Lola T200
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