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--></style></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>...look like 1 ¾” Sus to me</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:coudesluijs@chello.nl">Kees Oudesluijs</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, 15 August 2019 7:12 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] [OT] Goblin Works</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Would they have been Stromberg 150CD or 175CD carburettors as used by </p><p class=MsoNormal>most USA spec UK cars like Jensen-Healey, TR5/6, some older big </p><p class=MsoNormal>Triumphs, Volvo's and Saab,s They do have a much wider body which is </p><p class=MsoNormal>much lower and have a longer neck. The working principle is the same as </p><p class=MsoNormal>the SU's.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>They also could have been the Japanese Mikuni's which are similar.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Italian Weber or DellOrto's would have been the better choice. These </p><p class=MsoNormal>are/were widely used in most European cars to soup them up as they are </p><p class=MsoNormal>easier to fine tune instead of messing about with endless reprofiling </p><p class=MsoNormal>needles and adjusting springs in SU's and Strombergs plus you have two </p><p class=MsoNormal>barrels in each carb so it is easier to provide each cylinder with its </p><p class=MsoNormal>own barrel..</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kees Oudesluijs</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Op 15-8-2019 om 05:19 schreef Bob Spidell:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Tonight I caught the season premier of 'Goblin Works' on Motortrend </p><p class=MsoNormal>> Channel. If you haven't seen it, this is an English version of the </p><p class=MsoNormal>> ubiquitous American show about car modders. In contrast to the </p><p class=MsoNormal>> American shows, which feature an endless stream of muscle cars and </p><p class=MsoNormal>> trucks being slammed, chopped, airbagged, fitted with monstrous and </p><p class=MsoNormal>> hideous chrome wheels, rubber-band tires, LS engines and garish paint </p><p class=MsoNormal>> jobs*, this show features some British cars and an occasional American </p><p class=MsoNormal>> or other 'foreign' car (and eschews the constant silly games and </p><p class=MsoNormal>> grab-assing common on the American shows). Anyway, tonight they </p><p class=MsoNormal>> thoroughly and, I think tastefully, modded a 1275 Austin Mini. They </p><p class=MsoNormal>> pulled the stock engine for a core for a 'built' engine and I'm </p><p class=MsoNormal>> thinking: "Here we go, EFI or at least a couple Webers" but, no, the </p><p class=MsoNormal>> built engine came with what appeared to be a pair of SU carbs! They </p><p class=MsoNormal>> were pretty large, not quite HD8-size, and had longer 'necks' on the </p><p class=MsoNormal>> vacuum/piston chambers; anyone know what kind/size SUs these might </p><p class=MsoNormal>> have been? I've seen photos of similar carbs on other Brit cars. Oh, </p><p class=MsoNormal>> yeah, the Mini engine dyno'd at 115 BHP--stock was around 50--so who </p><p class=MsoNormal>> says SUs don't make power (I'm still pissed at Ant Anstead for calling </p><p class=MsoNormal>> them 'garbage')?</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> * I watch these shows for the 5 minutes of interesting and informative </p><p class=MsoNormal>> fabrication, welding and engine building in 55 minutes of grabassery, </p><p class=MsoNormal>> silly games and outright corniness.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Bob</p><p class=MsoNormal>> _______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Suggested annual donation $12.75</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys </p><p class=MsoNormal>> http://autox.team.net/archive</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Healeys@autox.team.net</p><p class=MsoNormal>> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Unsubscribe/Manage: </p><p class=MsoNormal>> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/coudesluijs@chello.nl</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html</p><p class=MsoNormal>Suggested annual donation $12.75</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys http://autox.team.net/archive</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Healeys@autox.team.net</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/greylinn@ozemail.com.au</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>