[Mgs] gold sealed engine

Matt Trebelhorn matt.lists at trebelhorn.com
Thu Oct 11 12:04:51 MDT 2007


	From: 	  matt at trebelhorn.com
	Subject: 	Re: [Mgs] gold sealed engine
	Date: 	11 October 2007 2:03:39 PM EDT
	To: 	  richard.ewald at gmail.com

Well, you could "split" each carb, so that you only used one throat  
from each.

Don't laugh -- they actually do this on some race minis, so that each  
inlet manifold branch is straight, not curved.

Pic (manifolds only, carbs not shown):
http://tinyurl.com/2bxoyb

Matt

On 11 Oct, 2007, at 1:51 PM, Richard Ewald wrote:


> Color me confused.  If it did not have a crossflow head, how do you  
> mount
> dual DCOEs on a 5 port head?  Hell I used to sell Webers, and I  
> have no
> clue.
>
> Rick
>
> On 10/11/07, Max Heim <max_heim at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> No...
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Max Heim
>> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
>> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>>
>>
>>
>> on 10/11/07 10:13 AM, WSpohn4 at aol.com at WSpohn4 at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 10/11/2007 10:10:24 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>>> max_heim at sbcglobal.net writes:
>>>
>>> It was a  pull from a very rusty 1974 MGB-GT. The GT was apparently
>>>
>> driven to
>>
>>> CA from  NJ, then the owner found he couldn't smog it in CA (non- 
>>> smog
>>>
>> motor
>>
>>> with  dual DCOEs, headers);
>>>
>>> ____________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>> So it had a crossflow head on it?
>>>
>>> Bill S.


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