[TR] carb fuel 'mist' confusion

Randall tr3driver at ca.rr.com
Fri Sep 21 22:59:15 MDT 2007


> So the later SU's (at least, I don't 
> know about Zenith-Stromberg) actually had the needle mounted against 
> a spring in such a way that the needle was pushed sideways to contact 
> the jet wall.

ZS carbs also used spring-loaded needles.  However I don't believe it was
done because having a crescent-shaped opening resulted in more even drop
size; but rather because they had to be certain the needles could not be
off-center enough to upset the mixture.

Randall


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