[Healeys] Webers

[Michael Salter]

Hi John,
Isn't 16MPG a little bit high?
I seem to recall something more like 20 - 22 MPG (US) being what most of
the road tests got for BJ8s with SUs and I remember getting a consistent 24
- 26 MPG (Imp Highway) from my BJ8 when I had one.
A reduction in fuel mileage of that magnitude seems like a high price to
pay for the looks and small performance improvement that Webers provide.
If they are tuned correctly I would think that they should provide similar
gas mileage to SUs, after all it is just a function of the amount of energy
one can extract from burning fuel at the correct mixture.
Do you have any numbers for your car before the Webers were installed?
Just curious......

Michael S
BN1 #174





On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 11:47 AM, John Carter <jc9821 at msn.com> wrote:

> I have had triple SK carbs on my BJ8 II for over 16 years. They are
> Japanese
> copies of Webers and use Weber tuning parts. The best advise I can give
> you is
> to go to a shop like
> Loyningb s in Portland,OR and have the car tuned on a chassis dyno by
> someone
> who knows what they are doing. My car has never run better since I did just
> that. I never touch
> the carbs and it runs great at both low and high rpmb s. I get about 16mpg
> on
> the highway and 13 in town on premium gas.
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