[WPTA] SU Carbs

[Tint And Blinds]

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> On May 21, 2020, at 17:54, Robert Astor via Wpta <wpta at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Being the bastard step child of this upstanding organization, I resemble that remark.
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> On Thursday, May 21, 2020, 01:57:57 PM EDT, Jerry Van Vlack via Wpta <wpta at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> That's a great story.
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mark J Bradakis via Wpta
> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 11:24 AM
> To: wpta at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [WPTA] SU Carbs
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> On 5/21/20 8:42 AM, Nick Gaten via Wpta wrote:
> > I have SU’s on my ‘59 Morgan, never had a problem but am trying a Weber 40 
> > DCOE on a Midget I am restoring.
> >
> My usual quip regarding Webers is that their main advantage is they are
> infinitely adjustable.  Their main disadvantage is that they are
> infinitely adjustable.
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> Back when my computer sys admin career ended, 2005, I was making my beer
> money working for a friend of mine at his repair shop.  He actually did
> all sorts of cars, but his main love was British stuff.  His father had
> this pristine MG TC.  Anyway, he knew SUs pretty well, was a die hard MG
> guy.  Being a Triumph guy I knew Strombergs, and from autocrossing and
> performance improvements Webers pretty well.  Between the 2 of us we had
> like 4,732 years of experience with the things.  I don't recall we ever
> had a car come in with carb problems we couldn't fix.  Sometimes it took
> a while, often just to ascertain for certain that the carb was the
> problem, not the ignition.  That alone is a major part of the battle.
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> One of my favorite moments was this fellow had a really nice Jaguar E
> type coupe sporting 3 SUs.  He had some driveability issues, and I spent
> some time fussing with it.  He came in to pick up the car, but I wasn't
> quite done.  I was doing the final tweaking and balancing, he watched me
> for a while.  I did the final balancing as he watched, adjusting each
> carb by ear, just listening to the engine idle.  No hose in the carb
> throat for me. I tightened up the linkage, satisfied with my work.  I
> told him I better check to see how close they are.  I grabbed an airflow
> meter, one a little fancier than the usual flat plate with the vertical
> tube and the red plastic bobber.  This one had a numbered scale.  He
> watched as I put the tester to each carb, and each carb gave the exact
> same reading.  He was REALLY impressed!  I was just really glad I got
> that lucky!
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> mjb.
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