[Spridgets] SU question

[Lee Fox]

I put HS2s on my 1500 and they didn't have the extra fittings, just a 
hole at the top of the bowl cover that would burp raw fuel sometimes on 
a hot day at a stop light.

I changed the covers with a pair like you describe and hooked them up to 
the evaporative system with charcoal canister and the smell went away. 
After getting back from Midget 50 I've been plagued by a stumble at very 
light throttle that has been driving me crazy. After going through the 
entire car checking, adjusting and rechecking the problem was still 
there. I then disconnected those hoses and the problem immediately went 
away and the car runs better than it ever has. Turns out my canister was 
plugged. Easy enough to fix.

If you don't have a charcoal canister my suggestion is to run hoses from 
the vents away from the exhaust manifold and down near the ground. The 
smell will be much less, as well as the fire potential. Don't just plug 
them.

Lee

On 10/10/2011 1:00 PM, spridgets-request at autox.team.net wrote:
> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:14:13 -0400
> From: Robert Weeks<lists at woozy.com>
> To: spridgets net<spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Spridgets] SU question
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> Hi All,
>
> I finally got my Midget running yesterday. Thanks to everyone who
> emailed and offered tips and moral support.
>
> One of the reasons I stopped driving this car was that there was always
> a really strong gas smell when I'd drive it. I noticed while working on
> the car that this pair of SU carbs has an extra fitting on top of the
> float chamber which look just like the gas inlet fittings. From what I
> can tell these fittings were supposed to be connected to the evaporative
> emissions canister. Since this car does not have an evaporative
> emissions system what should I do with these? Can they simply be plugged
> or can I run a gas-line from the front carb to the rear carb similar to
> how the inlets are setup? I noticed while I was under the hood tuning
> the car that some times when revving the car that gas would shoot out of
> these fittings. I can't imagine that is a good thing.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert