[Healeys] Webers

[Wilko2]

I, too, am curious to see some other numbers for fuel efficiency for Weber vs
SU. Even 2 vs 3 SUs.

There are other factors besides just the amount of fuel mixture needed for x
amount of power such as the fact that, fuel is dribbling from jets and
progression holes whether or not a cylinder is firing. That is the reason that
EFI can be so much more efficientfuel is only squirted for the firing time.

Wilko

On Dec 30, 2013, at 3:50 PM, Michael Salter wrote:

> 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